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overbook
[ oh-ver-book ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
overbook
/ ˈəʊvəˌbuːk /
verb
- tr to make more reservations than there are places, tickets, hotel rooms, etc, available
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Example Sentences
But sometimes delays are indeed attributable at least in part to airports and airlines that overbook flights.
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