oversupply
ਸੀਮਿਤ
definition
verb
the country was oversupplied with lawyers
supply with too much or too many.
noun
an oversupply of teachers
an excessive supply.
example
A NY Times article on the entrance of yaks into the U.S. culinary market says that there is actually an 'oversupply' of buffalo, after a period of speculation when prices shot up.
So many new plants will be coming on line this year that commodities investors and analysts are beginning to worry about an 'oversupply' or glut of power.
A healthy supply of new homes can all too easily become an 'oversupply' .
But he also warned that there would be downward pressure on price because of an 'oversupply' of milk production is riding high at around four per cent higher than last year.
an 'oversupply' of teachers
This 'oversupply' has driven commodity prices down worldwide.
Now, with the failed mediation and markets slowed by an 'oversupply' of steel that has led to falling prices, the company's future again is clouded.
An 'oversupply' of land will reduce land prices and that will eventually reflect itself in house prices.
There is concern in the local prawn fleet that if the larger pelagic trawlers cannot fish for cod and other species, they may diversify into prawn fishing and this may lead to an 'oversupply' of prawns in the market and low prices.
With a declining population, and therefore falling rolls, Tokoroa has an 'oversupply' of classrooms in primary schools - an excess of 14.
A national audit in the mid-nineties showed an 'oversupply' of teachers.
Meanwhile, lower than expected demand for mobile phones and fears of an 'oversupply' of memory chips have pared the prices of major memory chip and semiconductor makers.
The corporation also referred to high interest rates and gas prices, as well as an 'oversupply' of used trucks, as sources of declining sales.
'oversupply' causes prices to fall
In a recent article, The Times newspaper suggested there could be an 'oversupply' of natural gas in two years and prices could tumble.
With a worldwide 'oversupply' of vehicles, new car prices are coming under pressure as never before and used cars are going for a song.
While the government claims its move to cull mining operations is driven by safety concerns, the closures are primarily aimed at stemming an 'oversupply' of coal that has held down prices.
If the mutually-owned insurer's investment trust holdings flood on to the market, the 'oversupply' could depress share prices in many funds and allow arbitrageurs to build aggressive stakes.
an 'oversupply' of teachers
According to him, the 'oversupply' would cause palm oil prices to remain low, at about $260 per ton at least until next year.
A two-tier property market is emerging in Britain, with falling prices and an 'oversupply' of rental accommodation in the south and capital appreciation now only being felt in the north of the country.
Although there is an 'oversupply' of holiday property in some areas, property prices in the more sought-after Turkish resorts have risen steadily rather than spectacularly.
For this reason it is not in the interest of housebuilders to 'oversupply' the market.
'oversupply' causes prices to fall
To help reduce its 'oversupply' , the agency would supply the rice allowances provided to civil servants, among other measures.
With Germany providing less work for migrant labor, Polish teams are being forced home to a market 'oversupplied' with people.
You may not agree with me but I believe it is because we still do not have enough competition in a market that many of us perceive to be 'oversupplied' .
When Yukos controlled Yugansk, oil was sent to the oil major's refineries in Samara, which Yukos now says are 'oversupplied' .
I sense that this trend is part of the ‘correction’ that we're now seeing in the golf course industry in those markets that are 'oversupplied' .
Low-cost producers, however, may see their market share diminish in a world that is 'oversupplied' by fruit if they cannot produce desired established and new varieties for affluent markets.
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