overcertify

verb

overcertify

verb

Etymology From over- + certify.

1

To certify beyond the actual value.

  • 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:

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