Speakur

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overbooking

/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
over-book-ing
IPA
/ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkɪŋ/
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of overbook

noun

An instance of selling or guaranteeing more seats than are available.

Inflected Forms

overbookings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce overbooking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊvɚbˌʊkɪŋ/.
What does overbooking mean?
present participle and gerund of overbook

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