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    OVERCAPITALIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they overcapitalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it overcapitalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: overcapitalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: overcapitalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: overcapitalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrantplay

    Synonyms:

    overcapitalise; overcapitalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

    capitalise; capitalize (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Overestimate the market value ofplay

    Example:

    overcapitalize a property

    Synonyms:

    overcapitalise; overcapitalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

    overestimate; overrate (make too high an estimate of)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high levelplay

    Synonyms:

    overcapitalise; overcapitalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

    Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):

    capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

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