overstock

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-

Proto-Germanic *stikanąder.

Proto-Germanic *stukkaz

Proto-West Germanic *stokk

Old English stocc

Middle English stok

English stock

English overstock

From over- + stock.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Verb

overstock (third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)

1. (transitive) To stock to an excessive degree.

   Antonym: understock

   Hypernyms: stock up, stock, lay in

   Coordinate term: restock

Related terms

• out of stock
• stocked up
• stockless
• unstocked

Noun

overstock (plural overstocks)

1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.

   Antonym: stockout

   Near-synonym: oversupply

   • 1794, The Tatler, volume 4, page 24:

     This overstock of beauty, for which there are so few bidders, calls for an immediate supply of lovers and husbands […]

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ylijäämävarasto
• French: surstock (fr) m
• Polish: nadmiar (pl) m

See also

• overcapacity