overhang
noun [ C, usually singular ]
uk/ˈəʊvəˌhæŋ/ us COMMERCE
a quantity of goods or other things that have not been sold when they should have been:
a stock/an inventory/a supply overhang We're about to enter the selling season with a really big supply overhang.
an overhang of sth Prices are unlikely to increase while there is an overhang of 40,000 unsold new houses.
FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
a situation on a stock market in which a quantity of shares is available but not sold, reducing their price:
an overhang of sth The potential overhang of more than 200 million shares of stock is one of a number of financial and legal risks that investors in the company face.
overhang
verb [ T ]
uk/ˌəʊvəˈhæŋ/ usoverhung | overhung FINANCE, STOCK MARKET
to bring down the price of something because there is too much of it available:
Massive gold stocks continue to overhang the market, traders say.