- overbook
- Date: 1903 transitive verb to issue reservations for (as an airplane flight) in excess of the space available intransitive verb to issue reservations in excess of the space available
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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overbook — o‧ver‧book [ˌəʊvəˈbʊk ǁ ˌoʊvər ] verb [intransitive, transitive] TRAVEL to sell more tickets for a plane, hotel etc than there are places available: • The airline offers cash as compensation for passengers when flights are overbooked. overbooking … Financial and business terms
overbook — (v.) to sell more tickets than there are seats, 1903, from OVER (Cf. over) + BOOK (Cf. book) (v.); originally in reference to theaters. Related: Overbooked; overbooking … Etymology dictionary
overbook — ► VERB ▪ accept more reservations for (a flight or hotel) than there is room for … English terms dictionary
overbook — [ō΄vər book′] vt., vi. to issue more reservations for (an airline flight, hotel, etc.) than there are accommodations … English World dictionary
overbook — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈbʊk] / US [ˌoʊvərˈbʊk] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms overbook : present tense I/you/we/they overbook he/she/it overbooks present participle overbooking past tense overbooked past participle overbooked to sell more tickets … English dictionary
overbook — [[t]o͟ʊvə(r)b ʊk[/t]] overbooks, overbooking, overbooked VERB If an organization such as an airline or a theatre company overbooks, they sell more tickets than they have places for. Planes are crowded, airlines overbook, and departures are almost … English dictionary
overbook — o•ver•book [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈbʊk[/t]] v. t. 1) cvb to accept reservations for in excess of the available space: to overbook a flight[/ex] 2) cvb to accept reservations in excess of the available space … From formal English to slang
overbook — /oh veuhr book /, v.t. 1. to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated: The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last minute cancellations. v.i. 2. to accept… … Universalium
overbook — verb To sell or guarantee more seats for for an event than actually exist … Wiktionary
overbook — o|ver|book [ˌəuvəˈbuk US ˌouvər ] v [I and T] to sell more tickets for a theatre, plane etc than there are seats available ▪ overbooked hotels … Dictionary of contemporary English
