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oversubscribing

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  • verb Present participle of oversubscribe.

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Examples

  • More recently, the mailing list that zin freaks have been oversubscribing is that of Carlisle, which launched its first commercial vintage in 1998, although founder Mike Officer had been making wine in his garage for many years before he launched a winery under his wife's maiden name Officer sounded a bit forbidding.

    The Power and Punch of Zinfandel Jay McInerney 2011

  • "By significantly oversubscribing to the combined offerings, investors are showing great confidence in our longer term business strategy," said KeyCorp Chief Executive Henry Meyer.

    KeyCorp Prices $1.65 Billion 2008

  • Sanjay, is there a problem here in oversubscribing at this point?

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2003 2003

  • They were asked in addition to buy government bonds to a total of fourteen billions, and they responded by oversubscribing this amount by nearly five billions.

    Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. Charles Seymour 1924

  • Shopping mall operators like BR Malls BRML3 are raising capital in secondary offerings, and investors are oversubscribing to new issues.

    Forbes.com: News Kenneth Rapoza 2011

  • But there are always many ways to read paintings, and, as much space as I've given both artist's techniques aside, one can easily revel in these transcendent and transporting works without oversubscribing to the work-ethic connotations both carry but, to be fair, do not overplay.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed R.M. VAUGHAN 2012

  • Shopping mall operators like BR Malls BRML3 are raising capital in secondary offerings, and investors are oversubscribing to new issues.

    Forbes.com: News Kenneth Rapoza 2011

  • "Seven-year bonds are more targeted, for specific buyers, and you expect from the start not to have oversubscribing seen in other auctions," Christodoulou told Flash Radio.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Just as long as it's not done by totally oversubscribing the network and screwing things up for everyone, as is the case with AT&T in the US, and potentially still Optus today.

    iTWire - IT and Telecommunications news views and jobs 2010

  • However, when it comes to storage resources, we've barely approached the limits of full utilization, never mind oversubscribing.

    InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 2010

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