0 if a company overtrades, it sells more products than it can make, or more than it can afford to produce:
The company was overtrading and running a risk of collapsing.
1 to buy and sell shares too often:
My broker was overtrading in order to make a higher commission.
As small businesses respond to growth, they will be in danger of overtrading and their cash flow will come under severe pressure.
In law, if a company goes bust, perhaps because of overtrading or a massive insurance claim, the assets have to be sold.
It seems to me that we are dangerously overtrading and it should be possible to do something to remedy that.
Secondly, strengthen your bank, and in the meantime do not overtrade.
Some companies overstretch themselves or overtrade while trying to build up the business.
Yes, but that sometimes becomes unwise—overtrading on borrowed money.
It is unwise to overtrade on the goodwill of one's staff.
They find that out by overtrading and suddenly finding that they need the bank manager's help yet again.
