Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A supply in excess of what is appropriate or required.
- transitive verb To supply in excess of what is appropriate or required.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A supply in excess of demand.
- To supply in excess of demand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand.
- transitive verb To supply in excess.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
supply more than is needed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- verb supply with an excess of
Etymologies
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Examples
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The oversupply is exacerbated by a reduction in household formation due to the recession.
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The tug-of-war between near-term oversupply of oil and expected stronger demand in the second half of the year pushed June crude oil to $3.02 a barrel below the July-delivery contract.
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Visitors entering the town are greeted by a sign proclaiming that "Aquí no sobran niños" (Here children are not in oversupply).
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"We were overbought at $78 a barrel," given the near-term oversupply in the U.S., said
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Visitors entering the town are greeted by a sign proclaiming that "Aquí no sobran niños" (Here children are not in oversupply).
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Crude-oil futures settled lower, as a three-day rally was snapped on concerns over near-term oversupply and disappointing U.S. economic data.
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Visitors entering the town are greeted by a sign proclaiming that "Aquí no sobran niños" (Here children are not in oversupply).
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Near-term oversupply worries in crude had traders selling the July contract and moving into forward contracts.
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Visitors entering the town are greeted by a sign proclaiming that "Aquí no sobran niños" (Here children are not in oversupply).
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The Kitimat project, however, is one of the first signs that some in the industry believe there is a long-term oversupply of gas in North America.
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