oversubscribe

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oversubscribe

verb oversubscribes · oversubscribing · oversubscribed

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.
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
To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.

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verb to attempt to buy more shares

Deutsch	überzeichnen

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@misc{oversubscribe_2026,
  title = {oversubscribe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oversubscribe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}