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Definition of Oversubscribing
1. oversubscribe [v] - See also: oversubscribe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversubscribing
Literary usage of Oversubscribing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States in the World War by John Bach McMaster (1920)
"Imagine the happiness of your boy as he gets the following news in the
trenches: 'Philadelphia leads the country in oversubscribing the fourth Liberty Loan, ..."
2. All about Hawaii (1918)
"... thus oversubscribing the required amount by $207,- 205.82. Seventy-five per
cent, of the amount realized at the drive, as also of dues collected, ..."
3. The War Purse of Indiana: The Five Liberty Loans and War Savings and Thrift by Walter Sidney Greenough, Indiana Historical Commission (1922)
"... the Rainbow Division, urging the importance of oversubscribing the Victory
loan quickly, and of being ready with a clear record when the boys returned. ..."
4. A History of the Great War by Bertram Benedict (1919)
"... reserve district oversubscribing its quota. The campaign for the Fourth Liberty
Loan opened on September 28, 1918, and closed on October 19, 1918. ..."
5. Woodrow Wilson and the World War: A Chronicle of Our Own Times by Charles Seymour (1921)
"They were asked in addition to buy government bonds to a total of fourteen
billions, and they responded by oversubscribing this amount by nearly five ..."
6. The Masters of Capital: A Chronicle of Wall Street by John Moody (1921)
"Washington made the mistake of announcing that the public was rapidly oversubscribing
the bonds, an announcement that naturally somewhat cooled popular ..."
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