oversubscribe.
To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
Meaning & usage
To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability. To attempt to buy more shares than there are available.
To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.
Where this word comes from
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.
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