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overbooking

overbooking is the present participle and gerund of overbook.

Meaning of overbook

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.

Noun

overbooking (plural overbookings)

  1. An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.

Forms of overbooking

pluraloverbookings

Questions about overbooking

What does overbooking mean?
Overbooking means an instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.
What is overbooking the present participle and gerund of?
Overbooking is the present participle and gerund of overbook.
What part of speech is overbooking?
Overbooking is a noun.
What is the plural of overbooking?
The plural of overbooking is overbookings.

Words near overbooking in the dictionary

  1. overboldness
  2. overbook
  3. overbooked
  4. overbooker
  5. overbookers
  6. overbooking
  7. overbookings
  8. overbookish
  9. overbooks
  10. overboom
  11. overboomed

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