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Webster 1913 Edition


Oversupply

Oˊver-sup-ply′

,
Verb.
T.
To supply in excess.

O′ver-sup-plyˊ

,
Noun.
An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
A general
oversupply
or excess of all commodities.
J. S. Mill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oversupply

OVERSUPPLY'

,
Verb.
T.
To furnish more than is sufficient.

Definition 2024


oversupply

oversupply

English

Verb

oversupply (third-person singular simple present oversupplies, present participle oversupplying, simple past and past participle oversupplied)

  1. To supply more than is needed

Noun

oversupply (plural oversupplies)

  1. An excessive supply. [from 19th c.]
    • 2012, Jurek Martin, ‘A Singular President’, Literary Review, 401:
      He does not like twisting arms, LBJ's forte, preferring the force of reason, a commodity not in over-supply in the nation's capital.