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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To overbook (an airline flight, for example).
  • transitive verb To make two reservations for (a seat or hotel room, for example) in order to be certain of obtaining one.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb transitive To erroneously book or reserve something for two people, when there is only space for one.
  • verb reflexive To erroneously make arrangements to do two things at the same time, such that it is impossible to keep both arrangements.

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