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  • verb finance To spend too much money in speculation.

Etymologies

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over- +‎ speculate

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Examples

  • I don't want to overspeculate, but the fact that I-4 has opened, I have seen several police vehicles have left the scene, two ambulances have left the scene, and it seems to be a little lower state of intensity in the area around it.

    CNN Transcript Nov 6, 2009 2009

  • Come on, I bet all the overspeculators who ramped up oil 2 months ago are to blame for this massive selloff so they can in 2 months overspeculate and drive up stock prices to a mirage type bubble.

    Huge roar of cheers erupted from the NYSE trading floor 2008

  • Ticket brokers will often overspeculate and drive a ticket market down.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2009

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