overstock
overstock — verb
1. to buy, make, or keep more goods than a shop or other business needs or can sell
to buy, make, or keep more goods than a shop or other business needs or can sell
The toy shop overstocked puzzles before the summer tourists arrived.
transitive: overstock + product
Last winter, the farm store overstocked on salt and shovels.
intransitive: overstock on + supplies
The chain overstocked its small stores with red holiday sweaters.
By April, many shops were overstocked with thick wool coats.
Nina warned the bakery not to overstock cream cakes on Monday.
- overbuy
broader and can describe any buyer, not only a business keeping stock
- overorder
focuses on ordering too much, especially at the purchasing stage
- oversupply
often means giving too much to a market, place, or person
- stockpile
can be intentional preparation and does not always mean there is too much
- understock
means to keep too little stock
文法句型
overstock + product
overstock a store with + goods
be overstocked with + goods
overstock on + supplies
用法筆記
Often used about stores, warehouses, or buyers managing inventory. In transitive use, the object may be the goods or the place filled with them; intransitive use often appears with 'on'.
常見錯誤
overstock — noun
1. goods left in stock because a business ordered or kept more than it could use or
goods left in stock because a business ordered or kept more than it could use or sell
The manager moved last season's overstock to a table by the door.
collocation: last season's overstock
Customers bought phone case overstock during the store's weekend sale.
noun before noun: phone case overstock
Our warehouse still holds overstock from the rush for school uniforms.
The website lists kitchen overstock at half the usual price.
After the festival ended, flower overstock filled three cold rooms.
- surplus stock
a close business term for goods above the needed amount
- excess inventory
more formal and common in reports or warehouse records
- leftover stock
stresses goods remaining after a season or sale period
- clearance goods
focuses on the goods being sold cheaply, not simply on there being too many
- shortage
means there is not enough stock
文法句型
clear overstock
sell overstock online
overstock of + goods
furniture / clothing / kitchen overstock
用法筆記
Usually refers to business inventory rather than extra things in ordinary home life. Before another noun, it often names the product type, as in 'furniture overstock' or 'shoe overstock'.