oversubscribed

Thân thiện

The opera season was oversubscribed this year.

Definition

AdjectiveDescribing a situation where the demand for something, typically shares, tickets, or a service, exceeds the available supply. It indicates that more people have applied for or subscribed to it than can be accommodated.

Examples of Usage

• The initial public offering was hugely oversubscribed, with investors requesting ten times the number of available shares.
• Due to the popular speaker, the free lecture series was oversubscribed within an hour of registration opening.
• The new bond issue was oversubscribed by a factor of three.

Advanced Usage

• To be oversubscribed by [a factor/multiple]: A common financial and quantitative usage specifying how much demand exceeded supply.
  • The charity run was oversubscribed by a factor of two, so a lottery was held for places.
• Heavily/Vastly/Hugely oversubscribed: Intensifiers frequently used to emphasize the significant level of excess demand.
  • The limited-edition product launch was heavily oversubscribed.

Variants and Related Words

• Oversubscription (noun): The state or instance of being oversubscribed.
  • The oversubscription of the course led to the creation of a waiting list.

Synonyms

• Overbooked
• Full (to capacity)
• In excess demand

Antonyms

• Undersubscribed
• Available
• Underbooked

Học thuật

Adjective

1. sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets
   • the opera season was oversubscribed