Definition of Overbooking

1. Verb. (present participle of overbook) ¹

2. Noun. An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overbooking

1. overbook [v] - See also: overbook

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overbooking

overblow
overblowing
overblown
overblows
overboard
overboil
overboiled
overboiling
overboils
overbold
overboldness
overbook
overbooked
overbooker
overbookers
overbooking (current term)
overbookings
overbookish
overbooks
overboot
overboots
overbore
overborn
overborne
overborrow
overborrowed
overborrowing
overborrows
overbought
overbounteous

Literary usage of Overbooking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Airline Hubs: Fair Competition Or Predatory Pricing, Hearing Before the edited by Mike Dewine (1999)
"Those components are overbooking and traffic management (seat ... overbooking is employed due to the fact, on average, 11 percent of our booked passengers ..."

2. The Book of the Short Story by Alexander Jessup, Henry Seidel Canby (1903)
"They sat down by the low white parapet of the roof, overbooking the city and its lights. “They are happy down there,” said Ameera. ..."

3. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1889)
"... were repeatedly repulsed, and Xerxes, overbooking the battle from a height, saw the blood of his choicest troops flowing like water across the path. ..."

4. Successful Independent Consulting: Turn Your Career Experience Into a by Douglas Florzak (1999)
"... by taking on work that is over your head or by overbooking your time, so you must be good at judging when to walk away from a client's project. ..."

5. Regulatory Reform in Argentina's Natural Gas Sector by International Energy Agency (1999)
"This cap is designed to discourage the distributors from deliberately overbooking capacity to sell on the secondary market at ..."

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