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oversell


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oversell  \O`ver*sell`\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Oversold};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Overselling}.  ] 
  1.  To  sell  for  a  higher  price  than  to  exceed  in  selling 
  price. 
 
  One  whose  beauty  Would  oversell  all  Italy.  --Beau.  & 
  Fl 
 
  2.  To  sell  beyond  means  of  delivery.  [Brokers'Cant] 
 
  {Oversold  market}  (Brokers'  Cant),  a  market  in  which  stocks 
  or  commodities  have  been  sold  ``short''  to  such  an  extent 
  that  it  is  difficult  to  obtain  them  for  delivery.