2. Adjective. Having excess capital. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overcapitalized
1. overcapitalize [v] - See also: overcapitalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcapitalized
Literary usage of Overcapitalized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Beet Sugar Industry in the United States by United States Federal Trade Commission (1920)
"At the beginning of the period covered by the table some of the companies were
overcapitalized, but during the intervening years they increased their assets ..."
2. The American Transportation Question by Samuel Orace Dunn (1912)
"It usually is advocated on the theory that when railways are overcapitalized they
charge excessive rates in order to earn dividends on their watered stocks. ..."
3. Economics of Business by Norris Arthur Brisco (1913)
"If the company is capitalized for more than this, it is overcapitalized; ...
A company is overcapitalized, or contains watered stock, when it has not the ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Economic Association (1920)
"Now, turning attention to the carriers alleged to be overcapitalized,—which
embrace about 6000 miles of road, or only 25 per cent of the total mileage ..."
5. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"Capitalization to Meet Promotion Requirements Enterprises overcapitalized from
the second cause, ie, the method of promotion, are sometimes difficult of ..."
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