"overstock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-overstock.wav [US] Forms: overstocks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: over- + stock Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|stock}} over- + stock Head templates: {{en-noun}} overstock (plural overstocks)
  1. An excessive stock; a surplus or glut.
    Sense id: en-overstock-en-noun-dD2j4VYf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 64 36

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-overstock.wav [US] Forms: overstocks [present, singular, third-person], overstocking [participle, present], overstocked [participle, past], overstocked [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːk Etymology: over- + stock Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|stock}} over- + stock Head templates: {{en-verb}} overstock (third-person singular simple present overstocks, present participle overstocking, simple past and past participle overstocked)
  1. To stock to an excessive degree.
    Sense id: en-overstock-en-verb-QTqyHgu5

Inflected forms

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