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overcapitalize
[ oh-ver-kap-i-tl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to fix the total amount of securities of a corporation in excess of the limits set by law or by sound financial policy.
- to overestimate the capital value (of a business property or enterprise).
- to provide an excessive amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
overcapitalize
/ ˌəʊəˈæɪəˌɪ /
verb
- to provide or issue capital for (an enterprise) in excess of profitable investment opportunities
- to estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
- to overestimate the market value of (property)
Derived Forms
- ˌDZˌ辱ٲˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- v·i·ٲ··tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overcapitalize1
Example Sentences
The secretary offers two reasons: The Cares Act set a year-end sunset; and actual usage of the program has been minimal — only $25 billion in actual lending — so it is already overcapitalized.
Jackpots have only become bigger as venture capital has grown overcapitalized; last year exit values, the proceeds from selling shares, topped two hundred billion dollars for the first time.
On Monday, he made his intentions clear in a couple of rambling, overcapitalized tweets: “Our real opponent is not the Democrats, or the dwindling number of Republicans that lost their way and got left behind.”
“There’s definitely a little bit of this, ‘Let’s overcapitalize the company a little bit so we can move quicker and faster,’ ” he said.
The giants say they are overcapitalized, and it’s true that their balance sheets are far stronger than before the 2008 panic.
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