OVERBOUGHT


Meaning of OVERBOUGHT in English

/oh"veuhr bawt"/ , adj.

1. marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying: The stock market is overbought now. Cf. oversold .

v.

2. pt. and pp. of overbuy .

[ 1955-60; OVER- + BOUGHT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .