overbookv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, book v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + book v.

1. intransitive. To make more bookings than is necessary or required, or than can be managed.

ΚΠ

1819 Times 7 Jan. 3/2 Mrs. Bellenger then told him, that the overplus had arisen from her shopman having overbooked.

1915 Times 1 July 4/4 It punished the girl who had not overbooked as well as the one who had.

1972 J. Potter Going West 77 All airlines overbooked by fourteen per cent as a matter of policy.

1992 Washington City Paper 24 Jan. 20/4 Judges overbook because 10 to 20 percent of their scheduled trials fall through.

2. transitive. To make a booking for more of (a commodity) than is required or used; spec. to make more bookings for (an aircraft, hotel, theatre, etc.) than there are seats, places, etc., available; to book in (an excessive number of people, etc.) for the number of seats, places, etc., that are available. Cf. double-book vb. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 2e.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > be recorded in writing [verb (intransitive)] > make more bookings than spaces or places

overbook1902

1902 Daily Chron. 24 Nov. 9/3 The prisoner..had accounted for five or six quarts of milk each day over and above the quantity he had taken out.—Witness: Yes, you have ‘overbooked’ milk.

1903 Daily Chron. 10 Nov. 9/1 The booking clerks had by some oversight overbooked the theatre.

1967 N. Buxton Travel '67 674 The traveller is told..that the flight has been over-booked and that he must wait for the next plane.

1973 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/7 We overbooked 31 passengers on a flight to Canada today.

1988 W. M. Clarke Secret Life Wilkie Collins vii. 72 The ship was badly over-booked, even in the first class.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overbook
释义	overbookv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, book v. Etymology: < over- prefix + book v. 1. intransitive. To make more bookings than is necessary or required, or than can be managed. ΚΠ 1819 Times 7 Jan. 3/2 Mrs. Bellenger then told him, that the overplus had arisen from her shopman having overbooked. 1915 Times 1 July 4/4 It punished the girl who had not overbooked as well as the one who had. 1972 J. Potter Going West 77 All airlines overbooked by fourteen per cent as a matter of policy. 1992 Washington City Paper 24 Jan. 20/4 Judges overbook because 10 to 20 percent of their scheduled trials fall through. 2. transitive. To make a booking for more of (a commodity) than is required or used; spec. to make more bookings for (an aircraft, hotel, theatre, etc.) than there are seats, places, etc., available; to book in (an excessive number of people, etc.) for the number of seats, places, etc., that are available. Cf. double-book vb. at double adj.¹ and adv. Compounds 2e. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > be recorded in writing [verb (intransitive)] > make more bookings than spaces or places overbook1902 1902 Daily Chron. 24 Nov. 9/3 The prisoner..had accounted for five or six quarts of milk each day over and above the quantity he had taken out.—Witness: Yes, you have ‘overbooked’ milk. 1903 Daily Chron. 10 Nov. 9/1 The booking clerks had by some oversight overbooked the theatre. 1967 N. Buxton Travel '67 674 The traveller is told..that the flight has been over-booked and that he must wait for the next plane. 1973 Daily Tel. 5 Sept. 6/7 We overbooked 31 passengers on a flight to Canada today. 1988 W. M. Clarke Secret Life Wilkie Collins vii. 72 The ship was badly over-booked, even in the first class. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1819
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