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oversubscribe - definition and meaning
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 the availability
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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 2009
I use Google Reader to oversubscribe to feeds from all over.
Convert iGoogle Feeds To Google Reader Subscriptions | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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 2009
And, as we ` ve seen time and time again, doctors are more than happy to oversubscribe addicts medication.
CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2010 2010
RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
Get back to the basics for you 2009
RSS readers encourage you to oversubscribe to news.
2009 December | Tomorrow Museum 2009
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 2009
I use Google Reader to oversubscribe to feeds from all over.
Convert iGoogle Feeds To Google Reader Subscriptions | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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.
Canada Victorious, Happy and Glorious 1943
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