overbuy

[ oh-ver-bahy ]

verb (used with object)

, o·ver·bought, o·ver·buy·ing.

1. to purchase in excessive quantities.
2. Finance. to buy on margin in excess of one's ability to provide added security in an emergency, as in a falling market.

verb (used without object)

, o·ver·bought, o·ver·buy·ing.

1. to buy regardless of one's needs or financial means.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overbuy¹

First recorded in 1400–50, overbuy is from the late Middle English word overbiggen. See over-, buy

Example Sentences

Raleigh might then have been spared, and Overbuy would not have been poisoned.

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