overlend
verb
over·lend
ˌō-vər-ˈlend
overlent
ˌō-vər-ˈlent
; overlending
: to lend too much money
Investors, who believed in the safety of bonds, and borrowers, who trusted that no one would overlend to them, incurred all the risk.—Louis Hyman
overlending
noun
… the U.S. housing meltdown, much of which was caused by overlending and applicants not even having to file proof of income.
—Susan Pigg
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