Word Meanings - OVERPRODUCTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.

Related words: (words related to OVERPRODUCTION)

• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SUPPLY
  LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
• DEMAND
  To call into court; to summon. Burrill. (more info) L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to 1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for
• BEYOND
  1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or
• SUPPLYANT
  Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
• EXCESSIVE
  Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. Excessive grief the enemy to the living. Shak. Syn. -- Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly,
• DEMANDER
  One who demands.
• PRODUCTION
  1. The act or process or producing, bringing forth, or exhibiting to view; as, the production of commodities, of a witness. 2. That which is produced, yielded, or made, whether naturally, or by the application of intelligence and labor; as, the
• DEMANDANT
  One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.
• DEMANDABLE
  That may be demanded or claimed. "All sums demandable." Bacon.
• REDEMAND
  To demand back; to demand again.
• OVERPRODUCTION
  Excessive production; supply beyond the demand. J. S. Mill.
• RESUPPLY
  To supply again.
• REPRODUCTION
  the process by which plants and animals give rise to offspring. Note: There are two distinct methods of reproduction; viz.: asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction . In both cases the new individual is developed from detached portions of
• OVERSUPPLY
  To supply in excess.
• UNDERPRODUCTION
  The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply. F. A. Walker.
• WATER SUPPLY
  A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.
• NONPRODUCTION
  A failure to produce or exhibit.