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Meaning of "overbooked" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OVERBOOKED

overbooked  [ˌəʊvəˈbʊkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVERBOOKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Overbooked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OVERBOOKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Overselling

Overselling or overbooking is sale of a volatile good or service in excess of actual capacity. Overselling is a common practice in the travel and lodging industry. In telecommunications, sometimes the term oversubscription is preferred. The practice occurs as an intentional business strategy where sellers expect that some buyers will not consume all of the resources they are entitled to, or that some buyers will cancel, the practice of overselling ensures that 100% of available supply will be used resulting in the maximum return on investment.

Definition of overbooked in the English dictionary

The definition of overbooked in the dictionary is if something is overbooked, the seller has accepted more bookings for it than there are places available.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVERBOOKED


choked
tʃəʊkt
downlooked
ˈdaʊnˌlʊkt
grimlooked
ˈɡrɪmˌlʊkt
hooked
hʊkt
oaked
əʊkt
precooked
priːˈkʊkt
ready-cooked
ˌredɪˈkʊkt
smoked
sməʊkt
soaked
səʊkt
stoked
stəʊkt
unbooked
ʌnˈbʊkt
uncooked
ʌnˈkʊkt
undercooked
ˌʌndəˈkʊkt
uninvoked
ˌʌnɪnˈvəʊkt
unlooked
ʌnˈlʊkt
unprovoked
ʌnprəˈvəʊkt
unrevoked
ˌʌnrɪˈvəʊkt
unsmoked
ʌnˈsməʊkt
unsoaked
ʌnˈsəʊkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVERBOOKED

overbleach
overblew
overblouse
overblow
overblown
overboard
overboil
overbold
overboldly
overbook
overbooking
overboot
overbore
overborne
overborrow
overbought
overbound
overbrake
overbreathing
overbred

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVERBOOKED

backed
blocked
checked
cracked
crooked
half-cooked
hand-picked
leaked
locked
marked
naked
packed
parked
shocked
stacked
tracked
unlocked
well-cooked
wicked
worked

Synonyms and antonyms of overbooked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «overbooked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OVERBOOKED

Find out the translation of overbooked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of overbooked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «overbooked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

超额预订
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

overbooking
570 millions of speakers

English

overbooked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओवरबुक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محجوزة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перебронированы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lotado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

overbooked
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

surbooké
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Padat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bucht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オーバーブッキング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초과 예약
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Overbooked
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

overbooked
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

overbooked
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Overbooked
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çifte rezervasyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

overbooking
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przepełniony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перебронювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suprarezervat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπεράριθμες κρατήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boekt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bokat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overbooket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of overbooked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERBOOKED»

The term «overbooked» is regularly used and occupies the 63.960 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OVERBOOKED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «overbooked» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «overbooked» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about overbooked

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVERBOOKED»

Discover the use of overbooked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to overbooked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
In a groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Becker uncovers how what was once a hobby has become a colossal enterprise with profound impact on countries, the environment, and cultural heritage.
Elizabeth Becker, 2013
2
Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist presents a sobering assessment of the $6.5 trillion global tourist business that explains its indelible impact on the world economy, the environment and culture, revealing how historical and ecological ...
Elizabeth Becker, 2013
3
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! ...
In fact, as Attention Deficit Disorder expert and bestselling author Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., argues in this groundbreaking new book, this brain overload has reached the point where our entire society is suffering from culturally induced ...
Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., 2007
4
Alter Your Life: Overbooked? Overworked? Overwhelmed?
"Alter Your Life" offers you alternative solutions that will bring greater balance and stress reduction to your busy life.
Kathleen Hall, 2005
5
The Dog Ate My Planner: Tales and Tips from an Overbooked Life
Laugh away the chaos!
Pat Snyder, 2009
6
Overbooked
Emily Stewart has lots of activities lined up for her sophomore year at Pacific Cascades University--singing with the Tradewinds, doing her Christian radio show at the campus station, and of course, spending time with her boyfriend Dan.
Wendy Lee Nentwig, 1997
7
Get Your Act Together: A 7-Day Get-Organized Program for the ...
The SLOB Sisters are back after the phenomenal success of Sidetracked Home Executives (750,000 paperback copies sold), with a new program for organizing your home and personal life.
Pam Young, 2010
8
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit
Overbooked/Substitute. User. These disengaged business users are simply too busy to meet anytime soon. They may agree to a scheduled interview time, but then subsequently not show or send a substitute in their place. Often an email from ...
Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross, Warren Thornthwaite, 2011
9
Dynamic Time Windows: Congestion Control and Avoidance in ...
A list of pointers to headers whose queues contain more cells than are allocated for them, called the overbooked list, is also maintained. A pointer to each circuit's entry on the overbooked list (if any) is also kept in that circuit's header.
Theodore V. Faber, 1994
10
Computer Sciences Technical Report
A list of pointers to headers whose queues contain more cells than are allocated for them, called the overbooked list, is also maintained. A pointer to each circuit's entry on the overbooked list (if any) is also kept in that circuit's header.
‎1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVERBOOKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term overbooked is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Parents overseas loosen reins, foster independence
Families there are less overbooked compared to their very scheduled American counterparts. A French father who used to live in Santa Fe says ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
2
Investigating the new trend of white henna in the UAE
White henna is also trending in Kuwait, with Vazir being overbooked with clients from the region. “It's not real henna, but a temporary piece of ... «The National, Jul 15»
3
Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor XIII results, recap, reactions …
... featured a lot of unnecessary move trading, and was overbooked at the end with Prince Nana who came in for commentary getting involved ... «Cageside Seats, Jul 15»
4
Your Official 'Once Upon A Time' Season 5 Cheat Sheet, Because …
Look, I may be one of those people that's constantly overbooked and rarely gets a second to breathe, but you'd better believe that everything will grind to a ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
5
Mayor loves serving his city
I know his schedule can get overbooked at times but he makes a lot of events.” Galliher is guided by the Golden Rule and doesn't allow himself ... «Sedalia Democrat, Jul 15»
6
Can Evenflo's new children's car seat prevent hot car deaths?
... hot car deaths a loving and protective parent simply forgot the child in the car due to a stressful day, lack of sleep, an overbooked schedule. «SFGate, Jul 15»
7
BWW Review: BADDER AUDITIONS a Sequel to Last Year's Hit at …
Unfortunately, he has overbooked his six o'clock appointment with eight of the strangest, bizarre, and okay let us face it weirdest actors to ever ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
Sierra Leone News: Beginning this year, Radisson has been 80%
The General Manager said the number of guests kept rising and sometimes they will be overbooked. He said he was happy that the hotel was ... «Awoko, Jul 15»
9
EasyJet Accused of Overselling Flights — Ripping Off Customers
If a flight is overbooked, passengers are bumped from their flight and chaos ensues as families are split apart and forced to make additional ... «Yahoo Travel, Jul 15»
10
Bubble Dance Joins Summer Dance Festival
The concept began little over a year ago, when the Bates Dance Festival in Maine booked Healey and Maciel but overbooked the venue and ... «SRQ Magazine, Jul 15»

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