overbook

To overbook is to reserve seats or rooms for more people than there are seats or rooms available.

(verb)

An example of overbook is to sell more tickets than there are seats on a flight.

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See overbook in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to issue more reservations for (an airline flight, hotel, etc.) than there are accommodations

See overbook in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb o·ver·booked, o·ver·book·ing, o·ver·books
verb, transitive
To take reservations for (an airline flight, for example) beyond the capacity for accommodation.
verb, intransitive
To take reservations beyond the capacity for accommodation: a restaurant that regularly overbooks for dinner.

Related Forms:

  • oˌver·bookˈing noun

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