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Verb: overcapitalise  `owvur'kapi`tlIz
Usage: Brit (=overcapitalize)
  1. Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
    - overcapitalize
     
  2. Overestimate the market value of
    "overcapitalise a property"
    - overcapitalize
     
  3. Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
    - overcapitalize

Derived forms: overcapitalises, overcapitalising, overcapitalised

See also: overcapitalisation [Brit]

Type of: capitalise [Brit], capitalize, overestimate, overrate

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