ALL meanings of overbook
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O o - verb with object overbook 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. 1
- verb without object overbook to accept reservations in excess of the number that can be accommodated: If the hotel has overbooked, some of the conventioners won't have a place to stay. 1
- transitive verb overbook take too many reservations for 1
- intransitive verb overbook take too many reservations 1
- noun overbook Accept more reservations for (a flight, hotel, etc.) than there is room for. 1
- verb overbook If an organization such as an airline or a theatre company overbooks, they sell more tickets than they have places for. 0
- verb overbook to make more reservations for (a flight, hotel, etc) than there is room 0
- verb transitive overbook to issue more reservations for (an airline flight, hotel, etc.) than there are accommodations 0