Definition of Overlend

1. to lend too much [v -LENT, -LENDING, -LENDS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlend

overlearnedness
overlearning
overlearns
overlearnt
overleather
overleave
overleaven
overleavened
overleavening
overleavens
overlegalization
overlegislate
overlegislated
overlegislates
overlegislating
overlend (current term)
overlending
overlends
overlength
overlengthen
overlengthened
overlengthening
overlengthens
overlengths
overlent
overlet
overlets
overletting
overleverage
overleveraged

Literary usage of Overlend

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

1. Some Aspects of Banking Theory by William Howard Steiner (1920)
"As indicated above, the difficulty in which it finds itself may arise in a variety of ways,—through "overlend- ing" to given types of enterprise, ..."

2. Banking and Currency: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency by Frank Arthur Vanderlip (1913)
"We know that there comes a time when they overlend. We know that there comes a period in every country where there is overexpansion and credit extended ..."

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