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ˈover-suˈpply, n.
[over- 29 b.]
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of the demand or requirement. Also attrib.
1833H. Martineau Cinnamon & Pearls vi. 102 A compensation for the loss occasioned by an over-supply. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. ii. xv. §4 (1876) 250 Either from over-supply or from some slackening in the demand for his commodity. 1932New Yorker 14 May 42/2 You will write things..that will get the public interested in that oversupply of pongee somebody is trying to unload. 1964Times Rev. Industry Apr. 3/2 Until the oversupply position improves, there will not be enough work for Britain's shipyards. 1971New Scientist 2 Sept. 510/2 Even in these days of apparent oversupply of scientists it is clear there are never enough really creative minds on the genius level to go around. 1975Physics Bull. Nov. 477/1 In Britain, despite the oversupply of staff and the shortage of money, every department is well equipped. 1977Living with Tanker Surplus (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 2 An impressive amount of new capacity will continue to add to the over-supply.
So ˌover-suˈpply v. trans., to supply in excess.
1865M. Eyre Lady's Walks S. of France ii. 18 The markets at Bordeaux and Pau and Tarbes were over-supplied with fruit, butter, poultry, and eggs. 1878Jevons Prim. Pol. Econ. ii. 20 Nothing must be over-supplied, that is manufactured in such large quantities that it would have been better to spend the labour in manufacturing other things. 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col. Reformer (1891) 221 We are not over supplied with resources..as yet. 1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 74/3 The market becomes over-supplied. |