oversubscribe

present singular third person oversubscribes · participle present oversubscribing · participle past oversubscribed · past oversubscribed

1. To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.

   The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.

   2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17

   1. businessTo attempt to buy more shares than there are available.

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      Société Générale said the approximately $8.4 billion it had raised in a rights offering of shares would allow it "to continue its development in business and regions with high potential." Investors had sought to buy €10.2 billion worth of new shares, oversubscribing the offering by 184 percent, the bank said.

      2008 March 11, “Rights offering from Société Générale raises €5.5 billion”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN

2. computingTo use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
3. computingTo use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.