overtrade

/ˌəʊvəˈtreɪd/ verb [I]

Definition

› FINANCE, PRODUCTION if a company overtrades, it sells more products than it can make, or more than it can afford to produce: The company was overtrading and running a risk of collapsing.

› STOCK MARKET to buy and sell shares too often: My broker was overtrading in order to make a higher commission.

overtrading noun [U] › One big reason why funds underperform is overtrading.

(Definition of overtrade verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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