overfund

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verb

To supply with more funds than necessary or appropriate

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verboverfund (third-person singular simple present overfunds, present participle overfunding, simple past and past participle overfunded)

present singular third person overfunds · participle present overfunding · participle past overfunded · past overfunded

  1. To supply with more funds than necessary or appropriate

    But it is not likely to contain contributions from G.M.’s pension plan, even though the plan is overfunded, they added.

    2007 September 22, Micheline Maynard, “Accord on One Key Issue Is Reported in G.M. Talks”, in New York Times

Origin

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

From over- + fund.

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Translations

Finnish rahoittaa liikaa
  • rahoittaa liikaaTranslations
German überfinanzieren
  • überfinanzierenTranslations
Polish but see nadpłacać, nadpłacić
  • but see nadpłacaćTranslations
  • nadpłacićTranslations
  • przepłacaćTranslations
  • przepłacićTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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