ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overissue

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Overissue is a verb meaning (transitive) To issue too much or too many of.

Meaning

(transitive) To issue too much or too many of.

More Meanings

  1. (economics) To issue shares or banknotes to an extent beyond the ability to pay, or in excess of authorization
  2. The act of so overissuing.

Example Sentences

An overissue of government paper.
The government is accused of overissuing food stamps.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overprint, overuse, overorder, overpublish, overstuff, overdistribute.

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