oversubscribed

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O0195400 (ō′vər-səb-skrīb′)tr.v. o·ver·sub·scribed, o·ver·sub·scrib·ing, o·ver·sub·scribes To subscribe for (something) in excess of available supply: The opera season was oversubscribed.

o′ver·sub·scrip′tion (-skrĭp′shən) n.

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(ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪbd) adj1. (Commerce) having more prospective buyers, clients, etc than can be supplied2. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange (of a share issue) having more investors wishing to buy than can be supplied

Thesaurus

Adj.

oversubscribed - sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets; "the opera season was oversubscribed"sold - disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold"

Translations

sottoscritto in eccesso

oversubscribed

Connecting more users to a system than can be fully supported if all of them were using it at the same time. Networks and servers are almost always designed with some amount of oversubscription, counting on the fact that not everybody needs the service at maximum speed simultaneously. If they do, delays are certainly the result, and outages may occur.

Also called "overbooking," oversubscription is common in the airline industry where more seats are sold than are available. The airline is expecting that some passengers will miss their flight or cancel at the last minute.

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A situation in which investors show so much interest in a new issue of a security that demand exceeds supply. Before a new issue, underwriters canvass potential investors, who may or may not book an order to buy a portion the new issue. If investors order more shares than there are shares being issued, the security is said to be oversubscribed. This may affect the price when the security is actually issued.

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1. Or, relating to, or being a new security issue for which there are more requests to purchase securities than are securities available for sale. For example, brokers may take a sufficient number of preliminary orders for a new issue of stock for which there are insufficient shares available to satisfy the demand. Also called overbooked.2. Of, relating to, or being a buyback or takeover attempt in which more securities are offered than the purchaser has agreed to buy. In such a case the purchaser may decide to buy the additional securities or may buy the agreed-upon number on a pro rata basis.

Oversubscribed.

An initial public offering (IPO) is oversubscribed when investor demand for the shares is greater than the number of shares being issued.

What typically happens is that the share price climbs, sometimes dramatically, as trading begins in the secondary market, though the price may drop back closer to the offering price after a period of active trading.

The group of investment banks, known as a syndicate, that underwrites a hot IPO may have an agreement, known as a green shoe clause, with the issuing company to sell additional shares at the same offering price.

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adj sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets

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