单词 | overtrade |
释义 | overtradev. Business and Finance. 1. intransitive. To trade beyond or in excess of one's capital or stock, or beyond one's means of payment; to trade beyond the requirements of the market. Formerly also transitive (reflexive). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] > trade excessively overtrade1650 society > trade and finance > [verb (reflexive)] > trade beyond means or stock overtrade1650 1650 J. Keymor Cleare & Evident Way 10 The Merchant-Adventurers by over-trading upon Credit..are inforced to make sale of their Clothes at under-rates, to keep their credit. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. x. 78 Well, had she not over-traded, she had not broke so soon, for her trade is opposite to all others. 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. vi. 71 For a young tradesman to over-trade himself, is like a young swimmer going out of his depth. 1805 Ann. Rev. 3 299 Glasgow..had overtraded, and was visited with diffusive failure. 1858 J. Hollingshead in Househ. Words 4 Sept. 267/2 [The town of] Burygold had overtraded itself. 1894 Forum (N.Y.) Nov. 384 There may be doubt whether particular firms have not been overtrading. 1923 C. O. Hardy Risk & Risk-bearing ix. 161 The man who overtrades must cut his losses short to avoid the embarrassment of margin calls. 1998 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 25/1 Wall Street's first scapegoat was William Duer, an expat..who..relied on inside information, overtraded, failed, brought the market down and went to prison. 2. transitive. To trade beyond or in excess of (one's capital, stock, etc.). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (transitive)] > trade beyond (means or stock) overtrade1676 1676 J. R. Myst. New Fashioned Goldsmiths sig. A2v They begun to..supply all necessitous Merchants that over traded their Stock, with present Money for their Bills of Exchange. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 200 A famous builder, that over-traded his Stock about 1000 l. per Ann. 1977 Daily News (Perth, Austral.) 15 Jan. 16/6 (advt.) Melville! You'll overtrade how much on Gemini? 1999 Business Hist. Rev. (Nexis) Spring 1 Meanwhile, easy credit issued to favored merchants allegedly induced many to ‘over-trade their stocks’ and bankrupt themselves. Derivatives overˈtrader n. rare a person who trades too much. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > one who trades too much overtrader1846 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Overtrader,..one who trades too much. Baker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1650 |
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