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overbook

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/

Translations

overbookverb

overbooked

Past Simple

overbooked

Past Participle

overbooking

Gerund

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/

surbookerPour un vol, un hôtel, un événement ou, au sens figuré, un agenda.

The airline tends to overbook flights during the holiday season to ensure full capacity.

La compagnie aérienne a tendance à surbooker ses vols pendant la période des fêtes pour garantir un remplissage complet.

Additional translations

sur-réserverSurtout dans le domaine du tourisme et de l’hôtellerie; plus littéral et moins courant que « surbooker ».

Synonyms

overbookverb

To accept more reservations for a flight, hotel, event, etc., than there is room for.

The airline tends to overbook flights during the holiday season to ensure full capacity.

To schedule or commit oneself, a person, or a resource to more engagements or activities than can realistically be accommodated.

I don’t want to overbook my calendar and end up exhausted by Friday.