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▪ I. overstock, n.|ˈəʊvəstɒk|
[over- 8 c, 29 d.]
†1. pl. Knee-breeches; cf. nether-stocks. Obs.
1565Richmond Wills (Surtees) 177 Item to Samuall Pullayne a pare of black overstocks, cutt in long paynes. 1573–80Baret Alv. B 1160 Breeches, or mens ouerstockes.
2. A superabundant stock or store; a supply in excess of demand or requirement.
1710Steele Tatler No. 195 ⁋5 This over-stock of Beauty, for which there are so few Bidders, calls for an immediate Supply of Lovers and Husbands. 1757Herald No. 12 (1758) I. 196 This drain of an overstock of corn can be no other than that of exportation to foreign countries. 1885Howells Silas Lapham (1891) I. 158 There's an overstock in everything, and we've got..to shut down. 1976Author Summer 51 The remainder merchants, who prefer to be called overstock dealers. Ibid., A firm called B.S.C. Remainders—founded 12 years ago as an overstock wholesaler. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 18 June 4-B (Advt.), Powell's furniture outlets buy factory overstock.
▪ II. overstock, v.|ˌəʊvəˈstɒk|
[over- 27.]
trans. To stock to excess; to supply with more than is required; to fill too full, overcharge, glut.
1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) Ded., Every man laies on at random, and as many as they can get, and so Overstock the same. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue 536 Some of those fish, wherewith I find his ponds to be overstockt. 1788Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 539 In consequence of the English treaty, their oils flowed in, and overstocked the market. 1842in Bischoff Woollen Manuf. II. 382 Every judicious farmer will be careful not to over-stock his land.
Hence ˌoverˈstocked ppl. a., -ˈstocking vbl. n.
1719W. Wood Surv. Trade 298 The overstocking of a Country with goods may lessen the gain of particular Merchants. 1844Mill Ess. Pol. Econ. ii. 71 An overstocked state of the market is always temporary. 1865Sat. Rev. 5 Aug. 161/1 The treatment which fish bestow on each other in an overstocked pond. |