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To record new data on top of existing data in a rewritable medium such as main memory, magnetic disk or rewritable optical disks. See direct overwrite.

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speculative practice by an option writer who believes a security to be overpriced or underpriced and sells call options or put options on the security in quantity, assuming they will not be exercised.
See also option.

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An options strategy that involves the sale of call or put options on stocks that are believed to be overpriced or underpriced. The options are not expected to be exercised.

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Also referred to as overriding.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skrive over anden tekst, skrive for meget
v. intr. - skrive for meget, skrive i en anstrengt stil

Nederlands (Dutch)
herschrijven, te veel/ bloemrijk schrijven (over), overheen schrijven, verzekeren voor meer dan premie dekt

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Comput) remplacer (des données)
v. intr. - (Comput) remplacer (des données)

Deutsch (German)
v. - überschreiben, zu viel schreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μακρηγορώ σε γραπτό, γράφω πάνω από, (Η/Υ) εγγράφω (σε δίσκο, κασέτα) σβήνοντας κάτι άλλο

Italiano (Italian)
riscrivere, cancellare, scrivere troppo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sobrescrever, escrever por cima de

Русский (Russian)
написать сверху, писать вычурно

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - escribir sobre otro escrito, redactar en estilo recargado
v. intr. - escribir elaboradamente

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skriva alltför mycket (vackert) om

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
重叠写在, 改写, 写得过多

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 重疊寫在, 改寫
v. intr. - 寫得過多

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~위에 쓰다, 과정하여 쓰다
v. intr. - 너무 자세하게 쓰다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 上に書く, …一面に書く, 書きすぎる, 乱作する
n. - 歩合

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكتب على سطح شئ, يفرط في الكتابه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כתב על הכתוב, הרס נתונים ע"י כתיבת נתונים חדשים במקומם (מחשב)‬
v. intr. - ‮כתב יותר מדי, כתב בסגנון מליצי מדי, כתב עד כלות הכוחות‬

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