verb · transitive

overcapitalize

overcapitalize · overcapitalizes · overcapitalized · overcapitalizing

To estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highlyTo estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly

Meaning

2 senses

(transitive)To estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly
estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
(transitive)To capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level
capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant

1 languages

From over- + capitalize.

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overcapitalizes, overcapitalizing, overcapitalized, overcapitalized

Base form	overcapitalize · to overcapitalize
3rd person singular	overcapitalizes
Present participle	overcapitalizing
Past simple	overcapitalized
Past participle	overcapitalized

regular · Lesson

I, you, we, they	overcapitalize
he, she, it	overcapitalizes

all persons

overcapitalized

I, you, we, they	have overcapitalized
he, she, it	has overcapitalized

all persons

will overcapitalize

1 synonyms

Close in meaning

capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant:overcapitalise
overestimate the market value of:overcapitalise
estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level:overcapitalise

1 antonyms

1 related words

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