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overcapitalize

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to estimate the value of a company, stock etc too highly 2 (context transitive English) to capitalize a business beyond a sustainable level

WordNet
overcapitalize
  1. v. estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level [syn: overcapitalise]

  2. overestimate the market value of; "overcapitalize a property" [syn: overcapitalise]

  3. capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant [syn: overcapitalise]

Usage examples of "overcapitalize".

He talked openly of running for president, while overpaying for every gaudy object that caught his eye, like some overcapitalized raccoon.

A bit overcapitalized, but they’d cleared thirty million last year after taxes.