overbuyv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbaɪ/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overbought;

Forms: see over- prefix and buy v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, buy v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + buy v. In sense 1a originally after Middle French suracheter (1330 in the passage translated in quot. c1450 at sense 1a; also as surachapter (compare quot. 1530 at sense 1a); French suracheter ). With sense 3 compare to buy over at buy v. Phrasal verbs. Compare overbought adj.

†a. transitive. To buy (something) at too high a price; to pay too much for (something). Also intransitive. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > buy at too high price

overbuyc1450

outbuy1608

over-purchase1651

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 180 (MED) If men made of you saale, mihte no man livinge ouerbigge [Fr. suracheter] yow, ne loue yow to michel.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 647/2 I overbye, I bye a thynge above the price it is worthe. Je surachapte.

1553 W. Cholmeley Request True-hearted Englishman (1853) II. 8 Our draper..seeth not that the excessyve pryce of his fyne blacke shall dryve men rather to weare velvet and worsted of Saynt Thomas..then so muche to over bye his good colour.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. v. 553 In the husbanding of ground, spare for no paine & travell; but in the purchasing therof be you nothing forward: a thing over-bought, hath evermore repentance, and had I wist, attending upon it.

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 226 Conceiving so convenient a purchase could not be over-bought.

1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 21 The farmer for haste is forced to under-sell his corn, and the King..is forced to overbuy his provisions.

1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 98 And He, when Want requires, is truly Wise, Who slights not Foreign Aid, nor over-buys.

b. transitive. To buy goods at a (wholesale) price beyond the means of (a competitor). rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > outdo in buying

outbuy1608

overbuy1886

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge xxvi, in Graphic 20 Mar. 318/1 We'll under-sell him, and over-buy him, and so snuff him out.

1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos (1972) 176 Undersell, overbuy, maintain defence of the sea route a.d. 1423 et cetera.

†2. transitive (reflexive). To buy off; to procure the release of (a person) by payment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [verb (transitive)]

acquit?c1225

raim?c1225

to buy out1297

borrowa1300

ransoma1382

to put (a person) to (his or her) finance1418

raquite1454

loose1473

redeem?a1475

overbuya1525

redempa1525

remerce1559

reescate1645

a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 The theif full weile he will him self ourby Quhen þe lele man in þe lak will ly.

†3. transitive. To buy (a person) over to one's side. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe

meedOE

underorna1325

corrump1387

forbuy1393

hirec1400

wage1461

fee1487

under-arearc1503

bribe1528

grease1528

money1528

corrupt1548

budc1565

to feed with money1567

to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580

sweeten1594

to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598

over-bribe1619

to buy off1629

palter1641

to take off1646

buy1652

overmoneya1661

bub1684

to speak to ——1687

to tickle in the palm1694

daub1699

overbuy1710

touch1752

palm1767

to get at ——1780

fix1790

subsidize1793

sop1837

to buy over1848

backsheesh1850

nobble1856

square1859

hippodrome1866

see1867

boodleize1883

boodle1886

to get to ——1901

reach1906

straighten1923

lubricate1928

to keep (someone) sweet1939

sling1939

to pay off1942

bung1950

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 216 The Emperor had no Money..to bestow upon Theodecta, by which they might have over-bought the Empress.

a. transitive. To buy too much of (something); to accumulate a surplus or buy more than one's immediate needs of (a commodity, product, etc.). Also intransitive.In quot. 1725 reflexive: to exceed one's needs when buying.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > buy in excess of what is needed

overbuy1725

society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (reflexive)] > buy beyond one's means

overbuy1725

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vi. 72 If the tradesman over-buys himself..the payments perhaps come due too soon for him; the goods not being sold.

1906 Polit. Sci. Q. 21 677 At first for a short time he overbought, anticipating a fall in the price of silver.

1922 Amer. Econ. Rev. 12 188 Customers having to carry their merchandise with them do not overbuy.

1950 Times 11 Mar. 9/7 Last year the Government overbought imported frozen fish and now fresh fish was being sold at a very low price.

1983 Amer. Notes & Queries 21 80/1 The young man overbought leather just before a depression hit the industry causing the father a severe financial loss.

2001 Daily News (New York) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 28 During the past several years, many companies overbought high tech equipment.

b. transitive. To buy (a product) to too high a specification. Also intransitive.

ΚΠ

1991 Eng. Today 7 Oct. 28/1 You don't have to ‘over-buy’ because the microLaser XL's modular, upgradeable design allows you to start with what you need today.

1993 Compuserve Mag. Sept. 24 The tendency to underbuy hardware and overbuy software.

1994 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. d2 A lot of people overbuy their computers. Most people could use a decent 386 or 486, but the industry hypes them on ‘new and improved!’

Derivatives

ˌoverˈbuying n.

ΚΠ

1923 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 37 638 Commercial banks participate in this overbuying.

1992 Daily Tel. (BNC) 9 Apr. 27 He also admitted over-buying and inadequate cost controls affected the company's margins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	overbuy
释义	overbuyv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbaɪ/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overbought; Forms: see over- prefix and buy v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, buy v. Etymology: < over- prefix + buy v. In sense 1a originally after Middle French suracheter (1330 in the passage translated in quot. c1450 at sense 1a; also as surachapter (compare quot. 1530 at sense 1a); French suracheter ). With sense 3 compare to buy over at buy v. Phrasal verbs. Compare overbought adj. 1. †a. transitive. To buy (something) at too high a price; to pay too much for (something). Also intransitive. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > buy at too high price overbuyc1450 outbuy1608 over-purchase1651 c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 180 (MED) If men made of you saale, mihte no man livinge ouerbigge [Fr. suracheter] yow, ne loue yow to michel. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 647/2 I overbye, I bye a thynge above the price it is worthe. Je surachapte. 1553 W. Cholmeley Request True-hearted Englishman (1853) II. 8 Our draper..seeth not that the excessyve pryce of his fyne blacke shall dryve men rather to weare velvet and worsted of Saynt Thomas..then so muche to over bye his good colour. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xviii. v. 553 In the husbanding of ground, spare for no paine & travell; but in the purchasing therof be you nothing forward: a thing over-bought, hath evermore repentance, and had I wist, attending upon it. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. xxxiii. 226 Conceiving so convenient a purchase could not be over-bought. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 21 The farmer for haste is forced to under-sell his corn, and the King..is forced to overbuy his provisions. 1700 J. Dryden To my Kinsman J. Driden in Fables 98 And He, when Want requires, is truly Wise, Who slights not Foreign Aid, nor over-buys. b. transitive. To buy goods at a (wholesale) price beyond the means of (a competitor). rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > outdo in buying outbuy1608 overbuy1886 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge xxvi, in Graphic 20 Mar. 318/1 We'll under-sell him, and over-buy him, and so snuff him out. 1934 E. Pound Eleven New Cantos (1972) 176 Undersell, overbuy, maintain defence of the sea route a.d. 1423 et cetera. †2. transitive (reflexive). To buy off; to procure the release of (a person) by payment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [verb (transitive)] acquit?c1225 raim?c1225 to buy out1297 borrowa1300 ransoma1382 to put (a person) to (his or her) finance1418 raquite1454 loose1473 redeem?a1475 overbuya1525 redempa1525 remerce1559 reescate1645 a1525 Thre Prestis of Peblis (Asloan) (1920) 20 The theif full weile he will him self ourby Quhen þe lele man in þe lak will ly. †3. transitive. To buy (a person) over to one's side. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 216 The Emperor had no Money..to bestow upon Theodecta, by which they might have over-bought the Empress. 4. a. transitive. To buy too much of (something); to accumulate a surplus or buy more than one's immediate needs of (a commodity, product, etc.). Also intransitive.In quot. 1725 reflexive: to exceed one's needs when buying. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > buy in excess of what is needed overbuy1725 society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (reflexive)] > buy beyond one's means overbuy1725 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vi. 72 If the tradesman over-buys himself..the payments perhaps come due too soon for him; the goods not being sold. 1906 Polit. Sci. Q. 21 677 At first for a short time he overbought, anticipating a fall in the price of silver. 1922 Amer. Econ. Rev. 12 188 Customers having to carry their merchandise with them do not overbuy. 1950 Times 11 Mar. 9/7 Last year the Government overbought imported frozen fish and now fresh fish was being sold at a very low price. 1983 Amer. Notes & Queries 21 80/1 The young man overbought leather just before a depression hit the industry causing the father a severe financial loss. 2001 Daily News (New York) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 28 During the past several years, many companies overbought high tech equipment. b. transitive. To buy (a product) to too high a specification. Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1991 Eng. Today 7 Oct. 28/1 You don't have to ‘over-buy’ because the microLaser XL's modular, upgradeable design allows you to start with what you need today. 1993 Compuserve Mag. Sept. 24 The tendency to underbuy hardware and overbuy software. 1994 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 13 Nov. d2 A lot of people overbuy their computers. Most people could use a decent 386 or 486, but the industry hypes them on ‘new and improved!’ Derivatives ˌoverˈbuying n. ΚΠ 1923 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 37 638 Commercial banks participate in this overbuying. 1992 Daily Tel. (BNC) 9 Apr. 27 He also admitted over-buying and inadequate cost controls affected the company's margins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.c1450
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