Definition of Overtrading

1. n. The act or practice of buying goods beyond the means of payment; a glutting of the market.

Definition of Overtrading

1. Verb. (present participle of overtrade) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overtrading

1. overtrade [v] - See also: overtrade

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtrading

overtopping
overtops
overtout
overtouted
overtouting
overtouts
overtower
overtowered
overtowering
overtowers
overtrade
overtraded
overtrader
overtraders
overtrades
overtrading (current term)
overtrain
overtrained
overtraining
overtrains
overtread
overtreading
overtreads
overtreat
overtreated
overtreating
overtreatment
overtreatments
overtreats
overtrick

Literary usage of Overtrading

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

1. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Remedy for American overtrading—Views on "Annexation"—A Rumble of the Earthquake—John Ledyard—Jefferson sent for by Mr. Adams—Letter to Martha—Journey ..."

2. History of the Federal Government, for Fifty Years: From March, 1789 to by Alden Bradford (1840)
"... were believed, however, to be chiefly owing to overtrading, and to the great issue of bills by State banks, then recently established beyond all former ..."

3. The Political Economy of Great Britain, the United States, and France, in by John Badlam Howe (1878)
"The English mind is wedded to the idea conveyed by " overtrading," and of this idea Mill and Price are the exponents. They all take it for granted that the ..."

4. A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States by Clément Juglar (1893)
"A panic may be broadly stated as due to overtrading, which causes general ... Its precipitating causes are broadly anything leading to overtrading: In the ..."

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