Usually means: Purchasing more than is necessary.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word overbuy:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. overbuy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overbuy: Merriam-Webster
  3. overbuy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overbuy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overbuy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. overbuy: Wordnik
  7. overbuy: Wiktionary
  8. overbuy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. overbuy: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Overbuy, overbuy: Dictionary.com
  11. Overbuy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. overbuy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Overbuy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. overbuy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. overbuy: FreeDictionary.org
  16. overbuy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. overbuy: Financial dictionary

(Note: See overbought as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (overbuy)

▸ verb:  To buy excessively, especially to buy more than one needs or can afford.
▸ verb:  To buy at an inflated price.

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overpurchase, outbuy, overinvest, overconsume, overspend, overborrow, panic-buy, oversupply, oversell, overstock, more...

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Similar:
overpurchase, outbuy, overinvest, overconsume, overspend, overborrow, panic-buy, oversupply, oversell, overstock, more...

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    scarlet,     crimson,     ruby,     burgundy,     vermilion, more...



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