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- verb To supply with more
funds than necessary or appropriate
Etymologies
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Examples
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John Baugh - Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. What is your of the credit you've underwritten that's notional or dollar amount, what is the total outstanding, how are you handling the provision, is it kind of overfund?
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The real peril is that we might continue to overfund unnecessary weapons projects at the expense of the most effective tools for fighting terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
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Others could seek to overfund a domestic acquisition, offering investors consolidation synergies as well as a stronger balance sheet.
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The trick is to stay lean and not to overfund and overvalue companies where the investment only "works" if it eventually trades at 8x revenue and never needs another round of funding.
Downturn - Now What? Will Price 2008
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I for one, think some places overfund law-enforcement, like Arizona.
Think Progress » As Crime Spikes, Bush Slashes Law Enforcement Funding 2006
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The Treasury told them not to overfund pension plans and threatened to tax them unless they took contributions holidays.
BNP Lists UKIP Council Candidates on Official BNP Website 2007
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But don't tell me that if the government does more, people shouldn't expect to pay more for it, or that I should pro-actively overfund the government because I'm a liberal.
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When the projects don't add new line items to the budget, they greatly overfund executive-agency requests.
The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines Thomas Stratmann 2010
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The postal inspector general has concluded that the agency has been required to overfund retiree pension benefits by $75 billion.
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The postal inspector general has concluded that the agency has been required to overfund retiree pension benefits by $75 billion.
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