Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overbook
nounoverbooking (plural overbookings)
plural overbookings
- An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.
Translations
Finnish ylivaraus
- ylivarausselling more seats than are available
French surréservation, surbooking
- surréservationselling more seats than are available
- surbookingselling more seats than are available
German Überbuchung
- Überbuchungselling more seats than are available
Italian overbooking, sovraprenotazione
- overbookingselling more seats than are available
- sovraprenotazioneselling more seats than are available
- iperprenotazioneselling more seats than are available
- superprenotazioneselling more seats than are available
Polish overbooking, nadsprzedaż
- overbookingselling more seats than are available
- nadsprzedażselling more seats than are available
Spanish sobreventa
- sobreventaselling more seats than are available
Cite this entry
APA
overbooking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbooking
MLA
“overbooking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbooking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overbooking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overbooking.
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