Verb: overcapitalize ,ow-vu(r)'ka-pi-tu,lIz
- Capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant
"The startup overcapitalized, leading to financial strain";
- overcapitalise [Brit]
- Overestimate the market value of
"overcapitalize a property";
- overcapitalise [Brit]
- Estimate the capital value of (a company) at an unreasonably or unlawfully high level
"The investors overcapitalized the startup's potential";
- overcapitalise [Brit]
Derived forms: overcapitalizing, overcapitalizes, overcapitalized
Type of: capitalise [Brit], capitalize, overestimate, overrate