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o⋅ver⋅stock

[v. oh-ver-stok; n. oh-ver-stok]
–verb (used with object)
1. to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
–noun
2. a stock that is larger than the actual need or demand.

Origin:
1555–65; over- + stock
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o·ver·stock   (ō'vər-stŏk')   
tr.v.   o·ver·stocked, o·ver·stock·ing, o·ver·stocks
To stock more of (something) than necessary or desirable.
n.   (ō'vər-stŏk')
An excessive supply.
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Word Origin & History

overstock  (v.)
1649, from over + stock (v.). The noun is attested from 1710.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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