overexpansion
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- noun
- /ˌoʊvərɪkˈspænʃən/
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- A sensible solution to Venezuela's overexpansion would require reining in spending and the growth of the money supply.
Examples
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The whole thing was due to an overexpansion of credit for investment purposes, so you could point to the industries producing capital equipment as those that had been overexpanded.
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As for Hayek, why was the source of the "overexpansion" of credit?
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The overexpansion used in the cycle also means that there is very little waste heat.
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As for Hayek, what was the source of the "overexpansion" of credit?
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Constant volume combustion and overexpansion provide an HEHC engine like the X2 with a number of benefits.
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The plan favors demand management and stewardship of existing critical assets as a way to reduce the use of resources for new capacity and even warns against "overexpansion."
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They assert that changes in underwriting standards and tax laws encouraged an overexpansion in housing that resulted in higher vacancy and default rates.
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In many cases, this gamble—greater expenditure for windfall profits—resulted in overexpansion.
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I didn't even need to bring up the league's botched television deals, overexpansion, poorly picked markets, belated acknowledgment of the concussion epidemic, or, more incredibly, how they stupidly forgot to limit the length of contracts.
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The company's overexpansion led to significant financial losses when demand fell unexpectedly.
Synonyms
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A rapid increase in the number or amount of something
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Too much of something like goods or houses that makes prices fall
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Building more houses or offices in an area than people need, leaving many empty spaces
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Building too many houses or shops in one area, causing crowding and harm to nature
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Taking on more work or responsibility than can be handled
Doing more business than a company can handle, causing money problems
Containing more people than a building or room was made to hold
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Etymology
Overexpansion breaks into over- meaning 'too much' and expansion from expand meaning 'to grow or make larger'. Picture a balloon that grows too fast and then pops; so overexpansion means growing too much or too quickly, which can cause problems in a business or the economy.