overweight Definition
over·weight (ō′vər wāt′; for adj., also, & for v., usually, ō′vər wāt′)
noun
more weight than is needed, desired, or allowed; extra or surplus weight
adjective
above the normal, desirable, or allowed weight
transitive verb
overweight Finance Definition
Having
a large percentage of a portfolio invested in a particular sector. For example,
an analyst may tell investors to overweight their holdings of healthcare
stocks, meaning that healthcare stocks should
take up a larger percentage of the investors portfolios than they do on a
broad market index, such as the S&P 500. The term also may be applied to
individual stocks. Overweight contrasts with underweight, which
indicates that a portfolio has a disproportionately small amount of funds in a particular
stock or sector.
overweight Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tackle: This toolkit has been designed to provide a starting point for developing a local strategy to tackle overweight and obesity.
- become: Ideally, we should try to prevent becoming overweight in the first place.
Adjective modifier
- being: How being overweight has affected you... I used to be able to get away with wearing anything.
- little: The risks to your health of being a little overweight are small compared to the risk of smoking.
- mean: Use your answer to d to find the mean overweight of the 10 loaves.
Modifies a noun
- baggage: These charges are in addition to any charge assessed for additional or overweight baggage.
- teenager: A sympathetic, humorous novel about an overweight teenager, by a major talent.
- cat: We can make these harness to any size you require from young kittens through to overweight cats.
- adult: Furthermore, whatever their background, overweight children are likely to become overweight adults.
- woman: South West Kent has the smallest number of overweight women.
- patient: In older or overweight patients, lower doses may be necessary.
Modifying Another Word
- grossly: She has lost weight as when she came in she was grossly overweight by about 10 kg.
- dangerously: Top of Page Body mass Men are increasingly dangerously overweight.
- excessively: If you never walk anywhere or are excessively overweight then these walks are probably not for you.
- moderately: But the bodies of moderately overweight men appear to cushion the blow.
- massively: Not only large hearted and haunted by what I will not give away, but massively overweight.
- severely: For people in good health who are not severely overweight 5 the benefits in terms of improved appearance are usually greater than the disadvantages.
Noun used with modifier
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