oversubscribe
verb (used with object)
to subscribe for more of than is available, expected, or required.
oversubscription
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a word derived from
oversubscribe.
Example Sentences
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While the oversubscription does not guarantee strong IPO performance, it is a positive sign for Arm.
From Reuters ● Sep. 8, 2023
After decades of fighting over the meager trickles of the Jordan River and the oversubscription of a pipeline from the Sea of Galilee, Israel went back to the drawing board on its irrigated crops.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
“Once we became clear that we did have more oversubscription to the program than there was, we figured out a solution to it.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
The deferral packages are an attempt by universities to tackle course oversubscription, after a record number of school students achieved top A-level grades.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2021
This great oversubscription powerfully upheld the public credit and, thereafter, the position of the Treasury remained secure; but altogether, $262,000,000 in bonds had been sold to maintain its solvency.
From The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics by Henry Jones Ford
