English

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Etymology

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over- +‎ purchase

Verb

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overpurchase (third-person singular simple present overpurchases, present participle overpurchasing, simple past and past participle overpurchased)

  1. To buy too much of something.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To pay too dear a price.

Noun

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overpurchase (plural overpurchases)

  1. An expensive purchase.