Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To stock more of (something) than necessary or desirable.
- noun An excessive supply.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stock or supply in excess of what is wanted; fill to overflowing; glut; crowd: as, to
overstock the market with goods, or a farm with cattle. - noun Superabundance; more than is sufficient.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Stock in excess.
- transitive verb To fill too full; to supply in excess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
stock to an excessive degree - noun An excessive stock; a
surplus orglut
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stock excessively
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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Any inventory that you have on the shelf is an "overstock" in this economy.
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