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单词 overstock
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overstockn.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəstɒk/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌstɑk/
Forms: see over- prefix and stock n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, stock n.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + stock n.1 In sense 2 after overstock v. With sense 1 compare netherstock n., upperstock n.
1. In plural. Breeches which extend just over the knees. Cf. netherstock n. Obsolete.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > breeches
breecha1100
breeka1300
femoralc1450
hosec1460
breecha1500
overstocks1543
strossers1598
strouses1600
breeching1604
brogues1615
trousies1652
small clothes1770
knee-breeches1829
smalls1836
breekums1839
culotte1842
sine qua nons1850
terminations1863
trouserettes1875
strides1889
knee-breech1904
1543 Inventory in London Consistory Wills 1492–1547 (1967) 114 One peyre of over stokes 6d.
1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 177 Item to Samuall Pullayne a pare of black overstocks, cutt in long paynes.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1160 Breeches, or mens ouerstockes.
2. A stock or supply that is in excess of demand or requirements; (as a mass noun) goods which constitute such a surplus. Also in extended use.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > that which is stored or a store > in excess of need
overstock1710
superstock1873
mountain1969
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋5 This over-stock of Beauty, for which there are so few Bidders, calls for an immediate Supply of Lovers and Husbands.
1757 Herald (1758) No. 12. 1 196 This drain of an overstock of corn can be no other than that of exportation to foreign countries.
1804 H. H. Brackenbridge Mod. Chivalry I. ii. ii. 56 I do not know that he has an overstock of sense.
1814 J. Galt Masquerade i. ii. 227 Evincing the philanthropy of the true utilitarian principles, by preventing, so far, an overstock of population.
1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham vii. 125 There's an overstock in everything, and we've got..to shut down.
1923 University Jrnl. Business 1 189 The sale of a casual overstock in a foreign market at a reduced price in order not to disturb prices in the domestic market.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 18 June 4- b (advt.) Powell's furniture outlets buy factory overstock.
1992 Washington City Paper 24 Jan. 34/4 Cut-outs are manufacturers' deletions or overstocks that we are able to buy at great prices and pass the savings on to you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overstockv.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈstɒk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈstɑk/
Forms: see over- prefix and stock v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, stock v.1
Etymology: < over- prefix + stock v.1
a. transitive. To supply with more than is required; to overfill; to stock to excess.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale > in excess
glut1624
overstock1648
saturate1827
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > stock (a place, etc.) with something > stock excessively
overstock1648
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)] > stock or overstock pasture
surcharge1480
overlay?1523
stocka1640
overstock1842
1648 H. Parker Of Free Trade 21 If ponds may be over-stockt with fish..we can hardly imagine that such a countrey..should not be over-charged with too great a confluence of merchants.
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved Ded. to Cromwell p. vii Every man layes on at randome, and as many as they can get, and so Overstock the same.
1690 T. Betterton Prophetess iii. i. 35 He'll broach some new Religion; and we are Already over-stockt with seeming Saints; Or over-zealous mad men, that are as bad.
1724 N. Amhurst Oculus Britanniæ 27 The damsel, though with wit not over-stock'd, With this severe reply his reverence shock'd.
1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 539 In consequence of the English treaty, their oils flowed in, and overstocked the market.
1842 J. Bischoff Comprehensive Hist. Woollen Manuf. II. 382 Every judicious farmer will be careful not to over-stock his land.
1893 Daily News 4 May 5/4 The company's packhouses are just now overstocked with Russian cotton.
1971 Golden Fleece (S. Afr. Wool Board) June (Suppl.) Where grassveld is overstocked or grazed injudiciously with sheep, shrubs such as Karroo bush..and bitter Karroo..often form the dominant vegetation.
1994 Runner's World Feb. 58/1 One risk Haines took..is to overstock Aardvark's shoe-display wall with some low-sales models.
b. intransitive in same sense.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > sell in specific manner
retail?1523
to sell in bulk1678
wholesale1871
best-sell1937
overstock1945
switch-sell1965
rack-job1967
cold-call1972
cross-sell1972
1945 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Sept. 13/2 Joe had overstocked and was one of the first to be hit by the drought.
1978 Times 4 Oct. 25/6 Demand for car components was especially weak in the first quarter, largely because suppliers had overstocked during the previous year.
1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Raising Livestock & Poultry ii. 54/2 For those who wish to raise only a small number of birds, any sound, dry shed or building will do, provided there is adequate ventilation and you do not overstock.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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