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单词 overcapitalize
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overcapitalizev.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈkapᵻtl̩ʌɪz/, /ˌəʊvəˈkapᵻtəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkæpədlˌaɪz/
Forms: see over- prefix and capitalize v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, capitalize v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + capitalize v. Compare slightly earlier overcapitalization n.
transitive. To fix the capital or estimate the capital value of (a business, etc.) at too high an amount; to provide (a business, etc.) with more capital than is advisable or necessary. Also intransitive. Occasionally in extended use.
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1886 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 1 68 Everybody knows that the London companies are enormously over-capitalized, and that they could be replaced to-day for half of the nominal capital.
1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Feb. 1/2 Was the business over~capitalized or was it not?
1897 Rev. of Reviews 55 The prevalent habit of overcapitalizing such corporations.
1907 F. Richardson Bunkum 316 He [sc. Juan de Castro] offered to pledge one of his whiskers... He had grossly over-capitalised his face-fungus.
1947 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Jan. 12/8 ‘Ground rents are overcapitalized,’ the Baltimore county delegate declared.
1975 I. K. Martin Regan & Manhattan File 94 The bank was over-capitalized for the size of deals..it made.
2001 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 20 Apr. 39 a They could make more profit from a flop than from a hit: Just overcapitalize and run off to Rio with the excess dollars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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