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overcapitalize 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌōvərˈkapitlˌīz/,
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overcapitalises, 3rd person singular present; overcapitalizes, 3rd person singular present; overcapitalizing, present participle; overcapitalized, past tense; overcapitalised, past tense; overcapitalising, present participle; overcapitalised, past participle; overcapitalized, past participle;
  1. Provide (a company) with more capital than is advisable or necessary
    • - a bleak time for the overcapitalized firm
  2. Estimate or set the capital value of (a company) at too high an amount


  1. estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
  2. overestimate the market value of; "overcapitalize a property"
  3. capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
  4. (overcapitalization) (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)
  5. (Overcapitalization) Overcapitalisation refers to an economic phenomenon whereby the valuation/ price of an asset is superior to its ‘real’ value – however difficult to define - therefore putting a strain on attempts to obtain a reasonable return on investment. ...
  6. (Overcapitalization) Said to occur when a firm cannot service its debt even though its debt/equity ratio is not excessive.
  7. Overcapitalization refers to an actual capital stock that is in excess of that optimum capital stock required to produce some desired target output level. ...