Buy vs Overtrade - What's the difference?
buy | overtrade |
To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods
* Benjamin Franklin
To obtain by some sacrifice.
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 23
To bribe.
To be equivalent to in value.
(informal) to accept as true; to believe
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
(poker slang) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
To trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them; to overstock the market.
(Webster 1913)
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As verbs the difference between buy and overtrade
is that buy is to obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods while overtrade is to trade beyond one's capital; to buy goods beyond the means of paying for or selling them; to overstock the market.As a noun buy
is something which is bought; a purchase.buy
English
Verb
- Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
- Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.