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overbook en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English book English overbook From over- + book.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overbooking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overbooked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overbooked Tense=Past lexicographic
overbooks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

underbook

Translations (10)

pl sprzedać za dużo miejsc (to sell inexistant seats) · wa sorritni (to sell inexistant seats) · pl sprzedawać za dużo miejsc (to sell inexistant seats) · es overbuquear (to sell inexistant seats) · es sobrellenar (to sell inexistant seats) · pt superlotar (to sell inexistant seats) · wa sorbouker (to sell inexistant seats) · wa sorrezierver (to sell inexistant seats) · es sobrevender (to sell inexistant seats) · fr overbooker (to sell inexistant seats)