Definitions for overstay

overstay o·ver·stay

Spelling: [oh-ver-stey]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈsteɪ/

Overstay is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 390 anagrams from letters in overstay (aeorstvy).

Definitions for overstay

verb (used with object)

  1. to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay:
  2. Finance. to remain in (the market) beyond the point where a sale would have yielded the greatest profit.

Origin of overstay

First recorded in 1640-50; over- + stay1

Examples for overstay

Still, he says, “you can overstay your welcome at the pinnacle.”

The senior official also worries that the Americans could overstay their welcome.

Once there are “boots on the ground,” they might get caught in the crossfire and overstay their welcome.

By often-cited estimate, fully one-quarter of illegal immigrants arrive legally, but then overstay their visas.

I married Rashborough because it was the best thing that offered, and I did not want to overstay my market.

Mr. Crisparkle sat with his watch in his hand for about the same period, lest he should overstay his time.

Mutual recriminations were absent, although they knew that it was a serious matter to overstay shore leave.

If you overstay the limit and cannot return, you will be decontaminated just as we must be when we return to our own people.

Some overstay their visas and some, he says, possibly arrive pregnant.

You will wonder perhaps why I "overstay," since I frankly admit that I'm "fed up" with too much scenery and too much information.

Word Value for overstay
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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