overbook

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overbook

verb overbooks · overbooking · overbooked

transitive To sell or guarantee more seats for (an event) than actually exist.

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verb to sell inexistant seats

Español	overbuquear, sobrevender, sobrellenar
Português	superlotar
Français	overbooker

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@misc{overbook_2026,
  title = {overbook},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overbook},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}