Definition of "overbuy" [o•ver•buy]

• To buy in excessive amounts. (verb-transitive)
• To buy (stock) on margin in excess of one's ability to provide further security if prices drop. (verb-transitive)
• To buy goods beyond one's means or needs. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "One important lesson is not to overbuy, in anything."
• "Of course, we overbuy and end up with way more tomatoes than we can use."
• ""Our strategy is to overbuy in this 24-month window" before home prices start to rise, said Ken Campbell, Standard Pacific's chief executive."