Overbooking

Pronunciation: /ˈoʊvərˌbʊkɪŋ/

Overbooking (noun)

  1. The practice of selling more tickets or reservations than available spaces.

Examples

  • Overbooking can lead to customer dissatisfaction.
  • Overbooking happens when more tickets are sold than available.

Common collocations: avoid overbooking, handle overbooking, experience overbooking

Synonyms of Overbooking

Neutral

Antonyms of Overbooking

  • refers to selling fewer reservations than available capacity.