Definition of Overcounting

1. Verb. (present participle of overcount) ¹

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Definition of Overcounting

1. overcount [v] - See also: overcount

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcounting

overcooking
overcooks
overcool
overcooled
overcooling
overcools
overcorrect
overcorrected
overcorrecting
overcorrection
overcorrections
overcorrects
overcostly
overcount
overcounted
overcounting (current term)
overcounts
overcover
overcovered
overcovering
overcovers
overcoy
overcram
overcrammed
overcramming
overcrams
overcraw
overcraws
overcredulity
overcredulous

Literary usage of Overcounting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"the Louisville broker, or the Louisville broker and his client, we have overcounting. Only the check between the two New York brokers is properly counted. ..."

2. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"the Louisville broker, or the Louisville broker and his client, we have overcounting. Only the check between the two New York brokers is properly counted. ..."

3. The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990 by Constance F. Citro, Michael L. Cohen (1985)
"The section also summarizes what is known about the problem of overcounting. (Appendix 5.1 provides a more detailed review of the literature on ..."

4. In the Paradise of the Sufis by Javād Nūrbakhsh (1979)
"On making the pairwise potential approximation, there is a possibility of overcounting integrals. Where this occurs, it is highlighted and rectified. ..."

5. In England & Wales 1981-86 by Patrick A. Langan (1999)
"Such overcounting is particularly prevalent in the data on the number of persons committing crime ... Some adjustment can be made for their overcounting. ..."

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