overbuy

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verb

To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.

OriginEnglish buy ← Middle English over- ← Old English ofer- →
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Meanings

verboverbuy (third-person singular simple present overbuys, present participle overbuying, simple past and past participle overbought)

present singular third person overbuys · participle present overbuying · participle past overbought · past overbought

  1. To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.
  2. To buy at an inflated price.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Englishbuy
  8. Englishoverbuy

From over- + buy.

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APA

overbuy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbuy

MLA

“overbuy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbuy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbuy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbuy.

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