oversubscribe

Verb

oversubscribe (third-person singular simple present oversubscribes, present participle oversubscribing, simple past and past participle oversubscribed)

1. To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
   • The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17
   1. To attempt to buy more shares than there are available.
      • Société Générale said the approximately $8.4 billion it had raised in a rights offering of shares would allow it "to continue its development in business and regions with high potential." Investors had sought to buy €10.2 billion worth of new shares, oversubscribing the offering by 184 percent, the...2008 March 11, “Rights offering from Société Générale raises €5.5 billion”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN
2. To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
3. To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.