oversubscribev.
/ˌəʊvəsəbˈskrʌɪb/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərsəbˈskraɪb/ transitive. To make the subject of excessive demand for subscriptions; to apply for (tickets, copies of a book, places on a course, etc.) in greater quantities than are available. Frequently in passive.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (transitive)] > specific operations
subscribe1618
to take up1655
to sell out1721
to take in1721
to take up1740
pool?1780
capitalize1797
put1814
feed1818
to vote (the) stock (or shares)1819
corner1836
to sell short1852
promote1853
recapitalize1856
refund1857
float1865
water1865
margin1870
unload1870
acquire1877
maintain1881
syndicate1882
scalp1886
pyramid1888
underwrite1889
oversubscribe1891
joint-stock1894
wash1895
write1908
mark1911
split1927
marry1931
stag1935
unwind1958
short1959
preplace1966
unitize1970
bed and breakfast1974
index-link1974
warehouse1977
daisy-chain1979
strip1981
greenmail1984
pull1986
society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > agree to buy (of bookseller) > in excess
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1891 Daily News 5 Nov. 2/2 Both Preference and Ordinary shares..being largely oversubscribed.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 3/3 The fourth and cheap edition..was much over-subscribed before publication.
1951 T. Saloutos & J. D. Hicks Agric. Discontent Middle West vi. 182 North Dakota, a state fully controlled by the League, was the first to oversubscribe its quota by 100 per cent.
1975 Physics Bull. May 206/1 At present grants in physics and chemistry are oversubscribed whilst not all those set aside for engineering are taken up.
1996 Business Age June 50/2 Brian Souter and Anne Gloag took Stagecoach to market in April 1993 with a share offer that was eight times oversubscribed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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