overvalue Definition
over·value (ō′vər val′yo̵̅o̅)
transitive verb -·val′·ued, -·val′·uing
- to value too high, or above the actual worth
- to regard or esteem too highly
overvalue Related Forms
o′ver·val′u·a′·tion noun
overvalue Synonyms
overvalue Usage Examples
Object
- %: If they were merely 10 % overvalued then this gives scope for a 20 % fall including an over-correction, surely?
- importance: This may cause both patients and physicians to overvalue the importance of the medication to the patient's stability " Kramer et al.
- property: This is hardly a reliable method because agents are expected to overvalue properties, particularly now after nine months of slack business.
- asset: Urging Arcelor shareholders to back Mittal, they calculated that the deal overvalued Severstal assets.
- animal: A clear incentive for valuers to overvalue the animals.
- idea: Other problems with childhood OCD might involve the need for things or activities to be perfect or in having overvalued ideas.
Modifying Another Word
- not: Why do you think that housing is not overvalued by more that 30 % now.
- massively: Shares on Wall Street that Bush is so anxious to prop up are still massively overvalued.
- hugely: So much land is hugely overvalued precisely because it is regarded as an investment vehicle.
- substantially: Inconsistent with economic theory, we find that the individuals in our data set substantially overvalue the options they received.
- seriously: The subsequent realization by investors that these important sectors had become seriously overvalued led to sharp falls in many such shares over succeeding months.
- simply: Another problem with this ratio is that companies can show a high current ratio by simply overvaluing their assets.
Preposition: in
area: A number of shareholders ask the " Sage of Omaha " about house prices -- clearly overvalued in some areas, he said.
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