Betekenis van glut In het Nederlands

• 0 a supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted:

  • The fall in demand for coffee could cause a glut on/in the market.

  • The current glut of graduates means that many of them will not be able to find jobs.

• 1 to provide more of something than is needed or wanted, or more of something than can be sold:

  • Higher mortgage rates and over-building left some markets glutted with unsold houses.

• 2 a supply or amount that is much greater than necessary:

  • a glut of new housing

  • a glut of information

• 3 a supply of something that is much more than can be sold or is needed or wanted:

  • a glut on/in the market The fall in demand for coffee could cause a glut in the market.

  • a glut of sth The current glut of graduates means that many of them will not be able to find jobs.

• 4 to supply something in much greater quantities than can be sold or is needed or wanted:

  • glutted with sth Higher mortgage rates and over-building left some markets glutted with unsold houses.