"overbook" meaning in All languages combined

See overbook on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: overbook [canonical], overbooks [third-person, singular], overbooked [past], overbooked [past, participle], overbooking [present, participle]
Etymology: over- + book Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|over|book}} over- + book Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If an airline overbooks a flight, they sell more seats than what is available on the aircraft.
    Sense id: simple-overbook-en-verb-ojtqEGRe Categories (other): Aviation
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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