单词 | over-order |
释义 | over-orderv.ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in authority rulea1398 predominate1589 over-command1598 over-order1850 1850 P. J. Bailey Angel World 52 Go! and may He who over-orders all, Speed thee upon thy quest. 2. intransitive. To place too large an order. Also transitive: to order too much of (a commodity, etc.). ΚΠ 1921 Times 12 Jan. 10/7 Over 700,000 bricks had been over-ordered for the park contract. 1949 Times 24 Mar. 7/1 A smaller demand for beer from those licensed houses which over-ordered for Christmas. 1977 D. Bennett Jigsaw Man v. 106 ‘You aren't liking your good grub.’ ‘I think I over-ordered.’ 1998 Zest Sept. 38/2 (caption) My perfect woman..has to be able to cook a mean beef stroganoff and not over-order Indian takeaways. Derivatives over-ˈordering n. ΚΠ 1925 Times 3 Jan. 13/6 Over-ordering is not so likely to occur if a copy of last year's seed order has been kept. 2002 Lloyd's List 8 Nov. 4 The sparkle in the aframax markets comes against the backdrop of warnings on over-ordering. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1850 |
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