oversupply

Definition of Oversupply in English :

1. glut, oversupply, surfeit

the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

2. flood, glut, oversupply

supply with an excess of

Example Sentences:
'flood the market with tennis shoes'
'Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Oversupply

noun

1.

the supply of too much or too many

verb (ˌəʊvəˈsəplaɪ ) -plies, -plying or -plied

2. (transitive)

to supply too much (material, etc) or too many (goods, people, etc)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˌoversupˈplied or ˌoversupˈplying

1.

to supply in excess

nounWord forms: plural ˌoversupˈplies

2.

too great a supply

n. pl. o·ver·sup·plies

A supply in excess of what is appropriate or required.

tr.v. (ō′vər-sə-plī) o·ver·sup·plied, o·ver·sup·ply·ing, o·ver·sup·plies

To supply in excess of what is appropriate or required: oversupplied the troops with blankets; oversupplied blankets to the troops.