oversubscriber
oversubscriber noun: someone who subscribes to a larger amount of stocks than there are available.
Noun
oversubscriber (plural oversubscribers)
- Someone who subscribes to a larger amount of stocks than there are available.
- When there is no investment banker acting as the residual buyer, and there is the probability that at least some of the stockholders will fail to either exercise or sell their rights, the risk exists that some of the stock will remain unsold. This danger can be eliminated by making available more...1996, Frank J. Fabozzi, Franco Modigliani, Capital Markets: Institutions and Instruments, second edition, Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 136
Forms of oversubscriber
| plural | oversubscribers |
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Origin of oversubscriber
From over- + subscriber.
Questions about oversubscriber
- What does oversubscriber mean?
- Oversubscriber means someone who subscribes to a larger amount of stocks than there are available.
- What part of speech is oversubscriber?
- Oversubscriber is a noun.
- What is the plural of oversubscriber?
- The plural of oversubscriber is oversubscribers.
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