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Meaning of "overcapitalize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERCAPITALIZE

overcapitalize  [ˌəʊvəˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERCAPITALIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overcapitalize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb overcapitalize in English.

WHAT DOES OVERCAPITALIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of overcapitalize in the English dictionary

The first definition of overcapitalize in the dictionary is to provide or issue capital for in excess of profitable investment opportunities. Other definition of overcapitalize is to estimate the capital value of at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level. Overcapitalize is also to overestimate the market value of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OVERCAPITALIZE

PRESENT

Present
I overcapitalize
you overcapitalize
he/she/it overcapitalizes
we overcapitalize
you overcapitalize
they overcapitalize
Present continuous
I am overcapitalizing
you are overcapitalizing
he/she/it is overcapitalizing
we are overcapitalizing
you are overcapitalizing
they are overcapitalizing
Present perfect
I have overcapitalized
you have overcapitalized
he/she/it has overcapitalized
we have overcapitalized
you have overcapitalized
they have overcapitalized
Present perfect continuous
I have been overcapitalizing
you have been overcapitalizing
he/she/it has been overcapitalizing
we have been overcapitalizing
you have been overcapitalizing
they have been overcapitalizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I overcapitalized
you overcapitalized
he/she/it overcapitalized
we overcapitalized
you overcapitalized
they overcapitalized
Past continuous
I was overcapitalizing
you were overcapitalizing
he/she/it was overcapitalizing
we were overcapitalizing
you were overcapitalizing
they were overcapitalizing
Past perfect
I had overcapitalized
you had overcapitalized
he/she/it had overcapitalized
we had overcapitalized
you had overcapitalized
they had overcapitalized
Past perfect continuous
I had been overcapitalizing
you had been overcapitalizing
he/she/it had been overcapitalizing
we had been overcapitalizing
you had been overcapitalizing
they had been overcapitalizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will overcapitalize
you will overcapitalize
he/she/it will overcapitalize
we will overcapitalize
you will overcapitalize
they will overcapitalize
Future continuous
I will be overcapitalizing
you will be overcapitalizing
he/she/it will be overcapitalizing
we will be overcapitalizing
you will be overcapitalizing
they will be overcapitalizing
Future perfect
I will have overcapitalized
you will have overcapitalized
he/she/it will have overcapitalized
we will have overcapitalized
you will have overcapitalized
they will have overcapitalized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been overcapitalizing
you will have been overcapitalizing
he/she/it will have been overcapitalizing
we will have been overcapitalizing
you will have been overcapitalizing
they will have been overcapitalizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would overcapitalize
you would overcapitalize
he/she/it would overcapitalize
we would overcapitalize
you would overcapitalize
they would overcapitalize
Conditional continuous
I would be overcapitalizing
you would be overcapitalizing
he/she/it would be overcapitalizing
we would be overcapitalizing
you would be overcapitalizing
they would be overcapitalizing
Conditional perfect
I would have overcapitalize
you would have overcapitalize
he/she/it would have overcapitalize
we would have overcapitalize
you would have overcapitalize
they would have overcapitalize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been overcapitalizing
you would have been overcapitalizing
he/she/it would have been overcapitalizing
we would have been overcapitalizing
you would have been overcapitalizing
they would have been overcapitalizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you overcapitalize
we let´s overcapitalize
you overcapitalize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to overcapitalize
Past participle
overcapitalized
Present Participle
overcapitalizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERCAPITALIZE


autolyse
ˈɔːtəˌlaɪz
brutalize
ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz
capitalize
ˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
catalyse
ˈkætəˌlaɪz
compartmentalize
ˌkɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəˌlaɪz
crystalize
ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
crystallize
ˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
digitalize
ˈdɪdʒɪtəˌlaɪz
hospitalize
ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz
immortalize
ɪˈmɔːtəˌlaɪz
metalize
ˈmetəˌlaɪz
metallise
ˈmetəˌlaɪz
recapitalise
riːˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
recapitalize
riːˈkæpɪtəˌlaɪz
recrystallize
riːˈkrɪstəˌlaɪz
revitalize
riːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz
tantalize
ˈtæntəˌlaɪz
totalise
ˈtəʊtəˌlaɪz
totalize
ˈtəʊtəˌlaɪz
vitalize
ˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERCAPITALIZE

overcall
overcame
overcanopy
overcapacity
overcapitalisation
overcapitalise
overcapitalization
overcapitalized
overcareful
overcarry
overcast
overcast seam
overcatch
overcaught
overcautious
overcautiously
overcautiousness
overcentralise
overcentralize
overcharge

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERCAPITALIZE

Belize
contextualize
decriminalize
finalize
generalize
idealize
initialize
legalize
localize
marginalize
materialize
nationalize
neutralize
normalize
personalize
rationalize
realize
socialize
specialize
vandalize
visualize

Synonyms and antonyms of overcapitalize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overcapitalize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERCAPITALIZE

Find out the translation of overcapitalize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overcapitalize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overcapitalize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

overcapitalize
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overcapitalize
570 millions of speakers

English

overcapitalize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

overcapitalize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

overcapitalize
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

overcapitalize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

overcapitalize
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overcapitalize
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surcapitaliser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Overcapitalize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überkapitalisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

overcapitalize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자본을 과대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overcapitalize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overcapitalize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கணக்கீடு செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overcapitalize
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fazla sermaye yatırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overcapitalize
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

overcapitalize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

overcapitalize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

overcapitalize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

overcapitalize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kapitaal het
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

overcapitalize
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overcapitalize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overcapitalize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCAPITALIZE»

The term «overcapitalize» is used very little and occupies the 191.188 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERCAPITALIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overcapitalize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overcapitalize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overcapitalize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERCAPITALIZE»

Discover the use of overcapitalize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overcapitalize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Economic Psychology and Experimental Economics
The higher a renovator's family income, the more he tends to overcapitalize/ escalate his spending on renovation. The higher a renovator's education level, the less he tends to overcapitalize/escalate his spending on renovation. A renovator for ...
Simon Kemp, Gabrielle Wall, 2013
2
Borders, Exiles, Diasporas
In this world, people overcapitalize on money, looks, youth, ethnicity, color, religion, or whatever, turning the self into a figment of advertising. Improvising on Baudrillard's ideas with the help of Andy Warhol's, everyone gets fifteen minutes of ...
Elazar Barkan, Marie-Denise Shelton, 1998
3
Law Dictionary: Fachwoerterbuch der anglo-amerikanischen ...
overcapitalize ~ the truth übertreiben outturn Ertrag m, Produktion/; Ausstoß m ~ sample com Ausfallmuster outvote vt überstimmen outvoter Wähler m mit Wahlschein; Briefwähler m; nicht im Wahlkreis wohnender Wähler m outward 1. adj i.
Dora von Beseler, Barbara Jacobs-Wüstefeld, 1986
4
Regulation and Markets
This causes the firm to overcapitalize in the first period, leading to a lower than optimal labor-capital ratio. The firm may not overcapitalize in the regulated second period because the marginal costs of adjusting the capital stock offset the  ...
Daniel F. Spulber, 1989
5
Corporate Restructuring: Managing the Change Process from Within
The Propensity to Overcapitalize One of the consequences of the 1980s restructuring for many companies was a swing from the overcapitalization of the 1970s to undercapitalization: to a deficiency of equity funding and a just-in- time funding ...
Gordon Donaldson, 1994
6
To Amend Merchant Marine Act of 1920 ..., Joint Hearings ...
I haven't the right to say this at all, because I have nothing tangible to base it on, but I believe some of the large companies overcapitalize a little bir themselves. In this country we have so few steamship companies that it is almost difficult to lay ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, 1922
7
United States Congressional serial set
... upon the purchase by the American Tobacco Company of the large Ogden concern, trade combinations in general appear to l)c falling into speculative disrepute, owing chiefly to the tendency to overcapitalize. In my report of October, 1900," ...
‎1902
8
Report of the Industrial Commission on Transportation ...: ...
In order to get the capital many of these companies do this, and find a necessity in a way, running things as they do, to overcapitalize, but they go beyond any necessity of the matter for the reasons that I gave above. (J. What do you mean by ...
United States. Industrial Commission, Balthasar Henry Meyer, Roswell Cheney McCrea, 1901
9
To amend Merchant marine act of 1920: joint hearings before ...
He further says that many foreign c ompanies also overcapitalize, some go rather the other way. but some of them overcapitalize. Mr. Edmonds. They are subject to the same complaint in other countries. There is no question about that.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 1922
10
Congressional serial set
... and thus enable the beet-sugar companies to overcapitalize, until (on the present basis of capitalization) they reach a capitalization of $852,000,000 and we have an added production of 1,801,319 tons. Upon this enormous capitalization ...
United States. Government Printing Office, 1913

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERCAPITALIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overcapitalize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Johnson Control Split: What Could Come Next?
While a spin might also make sense, one conceivable issue might be the need to overcapitalize the balance sheet of the spun-off company (it is ... «Barron's, Jun 15»
2
Military experience helps grow Missouri agribusiness
Jones says some young farmers and business owners “overcapitalize” and try to grow too quickly. In his experience, starting small and growing ... «Iowa Farmer Today, Jun 15»
3
Indian Start-ups in the Billion Dollar Club: The boom and the potential
Investors kept valuations low and tried not to overcapitalize their companies. This worked well till the social media came along. Once the media ... «Businessinsider India, Apr 15»
4
Tips for Designing a Connected Home That Isn't Chaos
In this line of thinking, though, it's important that companies be careful to not overcapitalize on this new relationship or overstep the boundary of ... «Wired, Nov 14»
5
ECB haggles over pain to inflict in bank stress tests
“A very, very tough stress test that would lead banks to overcapitalize wouldn't be helpful,” said Christian Schulz, senior European economist at ... «Kathimerini, Apr 14»
6
After the chainsaws - tropical forests are still worth saving
Many tropical nations are overexploiting their timber supplies; they overcapitalize their timber industries, creating enormous pressure to log too ... «The Ecologist, Apr 14»
7
Q&A: CEO Darrell Cavens on Zulily's IPO and its future as a public …
... $100 million in cash on the balance sheet, and we wanted to make sure we had the right amount, but we didn't overcapitalize the business… «GeekWire, Nov 13»
8
Should you only consider buying in the best part of a suburb? He …
... not paying too much for a large property in a less fashionable part of a suburb – and then being careful not to overcapitalize on renovations. «Property Observer, Sep 13»
9
Ed Zimmerman: Raise Too Much Money? Just Forget About It
... and what happens when you overcapitalize. He was consistent: “It's a much better mistake to have too much money than too little,” he said. «Wall Street Journal, May 13»
10
كيري يأكل الشاورما في رام الله
... .com.br/upload/bench/watermarking-overcapitalize.html][b]http://www.mictter.com.br/upload/bench/watermarking-overcapitalize.html[/b][/url] ... «القدس, May 13»

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