overdistribute

English[edit]

overdistribute (third-person singular simple present overdistributes, present participle overdistributing, simple past and past participle overdistributed)

To distribute too much or too widely.
- 2008, Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, Family Foundation Handbook 2009, pages 7–56:
  A foundation working to the dollar may find it has underdistributed or overdistributed upon final calculation. There is much work required for but no benefit obtained from a perfectly calculated distribution figure.
- 2015 August 5, Sean Farrell, “Legal & General boss backs Andy Haldane's attack on City short-termism”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:
  What we don’t want is people overdistributing by share buybacks or overpaying dividends and not investing for the long term.