overpurchase

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English

Etymology

From over- +‎ purchase.

Verb

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

overpurchase (plural overpurchases)

  1. An expensive purchase.