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overbook

overbook verb: to sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist.

Verb

overbook (third-person singular simple present overbooks, present participle overbooking, simple past and past participle overbooked)

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

Forms of overbook

third-person singular presentoverbooks
present participleoverbooking
past participleoverbooked
pastoverbooked

Origin of overbook

From over- + book.

Questions about overbook

What does overbook mean?
Overbook means to sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist.
What part of speech is overbook?
Overbook is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbook?
The past tense of overbook is overbooked.

Words near overbook in the dictionary

  1. overboisterous
  2. overboisterously
  3. overbold
  4. overboldly
  5. overboldness
  6. overbook
  7. overbooked
  8. overbooker
  9. overbookers
  10. overbooking
  11. overbookings

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