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overcapitalize

transitive verb, intransitive verb overcapitalized, overcapitalizing

  1. to capitalize beyond what is warranted by the state of the business, etc.; furnish too much capital for or overestimate the capital value of (a business)
  2. to set the nominal value of the capital of (a corporation) higher than is lawful or justifiable

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See overcapitalize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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