Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To subscribe for (something) in excess of available supply.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
subscribe to an extent that is greater than theavailability
Etymologies
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Examples
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On what basis can we conclude that such behavior is irrational, or that consumers "oversubscribe" to such packages?
Neuroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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I use Google Reader to oversubscribe to feeds from all over.
Convert iGoogle Feeds To Google Reader Subscriptions | Lifehacker Australia
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When you oversubscribe your network to get customer costs down to market, each customers “fair share” is that over subscription fraction … in our case we over subscribe a T1 30: 1 … each share is 50-64kbps … more or less.
Updated: Time Warner Cable Backs Off Metered Broadband Everywhere
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And, as we ` ve seen time and time again, doctors are more than happy to oversubscribe addicts medication.
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RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
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RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
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RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
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Consumers appear to oversubscribe to flat-rate payment plans, for utilities and telephone service and health clubs...
Neuroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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I use Google Reader to oversubscribe to feeds from all over.
Convert iGoogle Feeds To Google Reader Subscriptions | Lifehacker Australia
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I see the French Canadians giving their money, without grumbling: they pay the taxes, they oversubscribe the Victory Loans, they give to the various drives, such as the Red Cross and the Russian Fund.
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