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Definition of overbook verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

overbook

verb

NAmE//ˌoʊvərˈbʊk//

[transitive, intransitive] overbook (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they overbook

he / she / it overbooks

past simple overbooked

-ing form overbooking

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to sell more tickets on a plane or reserve more rooms in a hotel than there are places available The flight was heavily overbooked. compare double-book

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