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overbuy
[ oh-ver-bahy ]
verb (used with object)
, o·ver·bought, o·ver·buy·ing.
- to purchase in excessive quantities.
- Finance. to buy on margin in excess of one's ability to provide added security in an emergency, as in a falling market.
verb (used without object)
, o·ver·bought, o·ver·buy·ing.
- to buy regardless of one's needs or financial means.
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Raleigh might then have been spared, and Overbuy would not have been poisoned.
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