o·ver·sub·scribe

(ō′vər-səb-skrīb′)

tr.v. o·ver·sub·scribed, o·ver·sub·scrib·ing, o·ver·sub·scribes

To subscribe for (something) in excess of available supply: The opera season was oversubscribed.

o′ver·sub·scrip′tion (-skrĭp′shən) n.

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oversubscribed

(ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪbd)

adj

1. (Commerce) having more prospective buyers, clients, etc than can be supplied

2. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange (of a share issue) having more investors wishing to buy than can be supplied

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Adj.

oversubscribed - sold in excess of available supply especially season tickets; "the opera season was oversubscribed"

sold - disposed of to a purchaser; "this merchandise is sold"

Translations

sottoscritto in eccesso

oversubscribed

[ˌəʊvəsəbˈskraɪbd] ADJ the course is heavily oversubscribed → existe un exceso enorme de solicitudes para el curso
the issue was oversubscribed → se pidieron más acciones de las que había
the issue was oversubscribed four times → la solicitud de acciones rebasó cuatro veces la cantidad de títulos ofrecidos

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oversubscribed

[ˌəʊvə^rsəbˈskraɪbd] adj

[event, service] → trop couru(e)
The popular schools tend to be heavily oversubscribed → Les écoles en vogue tendent à être beaucoup trop courues.

[shares] → sursouscrit(e)

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Traders in the stock market expected the IPO of the e-payment network Fawry to be 4x oversubscribed until Monday trading session in the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), taking into consideration the traditional large turnout of investors on big offerings in their last two sessions, which may lead to more demand.

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However, due to increased demand, the company added, the private placement has been oversubscribed by $102,500, raising total gross proceeds of $2,102,500 through the issuance of 10,512,500 units at $0.20 per unit.

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As a result of the confidence investors have in the African lender, the exercise received huge subscriptions as it was oversubscribed by over 4.6 times.

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Summary: Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP), a multilateral development bank focused on energy investments, signed an oversubscribed Shariah-compliant syndicated financing for a total amount of SR 1.5 billion (US$ 400 million).

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As a result, the number of oversubscribed schools fell, from 126 to 105, but the growing number of pupils means that 1,559 were still placed in schools that technically didn't have the space for them.

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Levi Strauss' Thursday IPO is over 10 times oversubscribed, CNBC's Leslie Picker reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.

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STRONG liquidity in the local market was shown during the auction under the tap facility of the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) on Tuesday, as tenders for the seven-year Treasury bonds (T-bonds) were almost five times oversubscribed.

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BankDhofar announced that its recently closed RO40mn perpetual bonds issuance has been successfully oversubscribed. Earlier in December

BANKDHOFAR'S RO40MN BONDS ISSUE SUCCESSFULLY OVERSUBSCRIBED