noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An order for too much or too many.
2. 2
   A ring for which a specified subring R contains no nonempty socles and for which any R-module is of finite length.

Verb

1. 1
   To order too much or too many. ambitransitive

   "Having overordered the unpopular new toys, we were forced to sell them at a discount."

Example

More examples

"Having overordered the unpopular new toys, we were forced to sell them at a discount."

Etymology

From over- + order.

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