oversubscribe
/ˌoʊvɚsəbskɹˈaɪb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
verb
To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
verb
To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
verb
To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.
Example Sentences
- "The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Latin subscrīberebor. Middle English subscriben English subscribe English oversubscribe From over- + subscribe.