overcertify
English
Etymology
over- + certify
Verb
overcertify (third-person singular simple present overcertifies, present participle overcertifying, simple past and past participle overcertified)
- (transitive) To certify beyond the actual value.
- 1996, Eugene Nelson White, Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias (page 225)
- The Bank of the Commonwealth suspension resulted from overcertifying the checks of its former president, Edward Haight, to the amount of $225,000, of which Mr. Haight could only make good $60,000.
- 1996, Eugene Nelson White, Stock Market Crashes and Speculative Manias (page 225)