overissuenoun [ C or U ]
also over-issue uk/ˈəʊvərˌɪʃuː/usFINANCE, STOCK MARKET the offer or sale of more shares in a company than is allowed:
a fraudulent over-issue of shares
Preventing overissue is the function of a corporation's registrar.
ECONOMICS the production of too many banknotes (= paper money):
The government's overissue of notes will fuel inflation.
overissueverb [ T ]
also over-issue uk/ˌəʊvərˈɪʃuː/usFINANCE, STOCK MARKET to offer more shares in a company than is allowed:
The investigation found that he had overissued railroad shares.
ECONOMICS to produce too many banknotes:
The bank overissued banknotes, there was a run on the bank, and it failed.
to sell more tickets for something than there are places, seats, etc. available:
TV companies routinely over-issue tickets for a show.