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Verb: overcapitalize  `ow-vu(r)'ka-pi`tl-Iz
  1. Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
    - overcapitalise [Brit]
     
  2. Overestimate the market value of
    "overcapitalize a property"
    - overcapitalise [Brit]
     
  3. Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
    - overcapitalise [Brit]

Derived forms: overcapitalized, overcapitalizes, overcapitalizing

See also: overcapitalization

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