overpurchase

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verb

To buy too much of something.

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Meanings

verboverpurchase (third-person singular simple present overpurchases, present participle overpurchasing, simple past and past participle overpurchased)

present singular third person overpurchases · participle present overpurchasing · participle past overpurchased · past overpurchased

  1. To buy too much of something.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo pay too dear a price.
nounoverpurchase (plural overpurchases)

plural overpurchases

  1. An expensive purchase.

Origin

From over- + purchase.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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