OVERCAPITALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overcapitalization mean? 

• OVERCAPITALIZATION (noun)
  The noun OVERCAPITALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)

  Familiarity information: OVERCAPITALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERCAPITALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

overcapitalisation; overcapitalization

Hypernyms ("overcapitalization" is a kind of...):

capitalisation; capitalization (the sale of capital stock)

Domain category:

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Derivation:

overcapitalize (capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant)