OVERCAPITALIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does overcapitalize mean?
• OVERCAPITALIZE (verb)
The verb OVERCAPITALIZE has 3 senses:
1. estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
2. overestimate the market value of
3. capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
Familiarity information: OVERCAPITALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OVERCAPITALIZE (verb)
Meaning:
Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
overcapitalise; overcapitalize
Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):
capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Overestimate the market value of
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
overcapitalise; overcapitalize
Context example:
overcapitalize a property
Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):
overestimate; overrate (make too high an estimate of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
overcapitalise; overcapitalize
Hypernyms (to "overcapitalize" is one way to...):
capitalise; capitalize (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
