Overtrade Definition

ōvər-trād
overtraded, overtrades, overtrading
verb
To buy and sell securities too frequently, resulting in excessive volatility or high transaction costs.
American Heritage
To trade beyond one's financial means or the market demand.
Webster's New World
To exceed the ability of a business to finance its operations by increasing sales too rapidly.
American Heritage
To buy and sell securities in (a market) too frequently.
American Heritage
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Origin of Overtrade

  • over- +"Ž trade

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