Definition of "overcapitalize" []

• To provide an excess amount of capital for (a business enterprise). (verb-transitive)
• To estimate the value of (property) too highly. (verb-transitive)
• To place an unlawfully or unreasonably high value on the nominal capital of (a corporation). (verb-transitive)

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.

• "DUBLIN/LONDON-Ireland expects to "overcapitalize" its ailing banks and force them to sell more assets or transfer more loans to the country's "bad bank" as part of an industry overhaul that may see more nationalizations."
• ""overcapitalize" its banks in return for EU/IMF assistance."
• "In the excitement of improving your home, its easy to overcapitalize."