oversubscribe

From over- +‎ subscribe.

oversubscribe (third-person singular simple present oversubscribes, present participle oversubscribing, simple past and past participle oversubscribed)

1. To subscribe to an extent that is greater than the availability.
   • 2024 February 21, “Network News: Northern seeks new recruits”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 17:

     The operator says its apprenticeship scheme is always oversubscribed, with more and more roles offered every year.

   1. (finance) To attempt to buy more shares than there are available.
      • 2008 March 11, “Rights offering from Société Générale raises €5.5 billion”, in The International Herald Tribune‎^[1], →ISSN:

        Société Générale said the approximately $8.4 billion it had raised in a rights offering of shares would allow it "to continue its development in business and regions with high potential." Investors had sought to buy €10.2 billion worth of new shares, oversubscribing the offering by 184 percent, the bank said.

2. (programming) To use the oversubscription technique in multithreading.
3. (networking) To use the oversubscription technique in a computer network.

• oversubscription