noun
Meaning 1
An expensive purchase.
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Standard Lemma guide
overpurchase
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verb
Meaning 2
To buy too much of something.
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verb
Meaning 3
To pay too dear a price.
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Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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History
Etymology
From over- + purchase.