oversubscribe

[ oh-ver-suhb-skrahyb ]

/ ˌoʊ vər səbˈskraɪb /

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verb (used with object), o·ver·sub·scribed, o·ver·sub·scrib·ing.

to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required: The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.

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Origin of oversubscribe

First recorded in 1890–95; over- + subscribe

OTHER WORDS FROM oversubscribe

o·ver·sub·scrib·er, nouno·ver·sub·scrip·tion

[oh-ver-suhb-skrip-shuhn], /ˌoʊ vər səbˈskrɪp ʃən/, noun

Words nearby oversubscribe

overstructured, overstrung, overstudy, overstuff, overstuffed, oversubscribe, oversupply, overswing, overt, overtake, overtask

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How to use oversubscribe in a sentence

Mosaico, for example, was 20x oversubscribed and went up 70% on its first trading day.
US-listed SPACs have a new target: Latin American tech companies|Annie Siebert|March 12, 2021|TechCrunch
A spokesperson for Macrometa said the seed round was oversubscribed because the pandemic has increased investor interest in cloud and edge companies like Snowflake, which recently held its initial public offering.
Macrometa, an edge computing service for app developers, lands $7M seed round led by DNX|Catherine Shu|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch

British Dictionary definitions for oversubscribe

oversubscribe

/ (ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪb) /

verb

(tr; often passive) to subscribe or apply for in excess of available supply

Derived forms of oversubscribe

oversubscription, noun

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