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overbooking

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊkɪŋ/

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊkɪŋ/

Translations

overbookingnoun

overbookings

перепродажа

The airline faced issues due to overbooking of seats.

Авиакомпания столкнулась с проблемами из-за перепродажи мест.

Additional translations

сверхбронирование

Synonyms

overcommitment

excess booking

overselling

overbookinggerund / present participle

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊkɪŋ/

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊkɪŋ/

Used attributively before nouns to denote things related to or caused by overbooking; not normally gradable.

Synonyms

overbookverb

overbooking

Gerund

overbooked

Past Simple

overbooked

Past Participle

overbooking

Gerund

/ˌəʊvəˈbʊk/

/ˌoʊvərˈbʊk/

Additional translations

превышать бронирования

перегружать бронирования

Synonyms

overcommit

overextend

oversell

Definitions

overbookingnoun

The practice of selling more tickets or accommodations than are available, with the expectation that some will cancel or not show up.

The airline's overbooking policy led to several passengers being bumped from the flight.

The amount or number of bookings exceeding the available capacity.

There was an overbooking of ten seats on the morning flight.

overbookinggerund / present participle

Relating to or resulting from the practice of selling more reservations than there is capacity for.

To prevent overbooking headaches, the hotel introduced a stricter reservation system.

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.