The opera season was oversubscribed.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object), : The charity drive was oversubscribed by several thousand dollars.    From Dictionary.com. 

Anything more than two times oversubscribed is considered a success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yields on TIPS Go Negative] Reference

This results in logical memory being oversubscribed, which is okay because the hypervisor takes care of all the logistics.    From Wordnik.com.  [LXer Linux News] Reference

Neither the city nor the county have "oversubscribed" those funds.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Wonks Only] Reference

Officials admit that the game may be "oversubscribed" at this point, with so many free tickets given away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fans snap up free Vikings-Giants tickets; Brett Favre still 'doubtful'] Reference

The offering was oversubscribed, meaning more people wanted in than got in.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

California's bond sale this week was oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Bradley: Prime Time O: How the Omnipresent President Is Doing] Reference

"We're confident it will be oversubscribed," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [HSBC will raise] Reference

We had record attendance, and the event was oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

While that buyout met its target, the new one is oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Squeezed by New York Times, Globe-ies Are Crowding the Exits] Reference

The order book was several times oversubscribed, said the person.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Securities Issues] Reference

The issue was oversubscribed, and the yields were lower than expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Opens] Reference

The deals were oversubscribed and dominated by institutional investors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wells, Morgan Stanley Quickly Raise $11 Billion] Reference

And even mediocre preschools in Manhattan are hopelessly oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doin' the Downward Doggie] Reference

A recent subordinated bond from insurance group AXA was six times oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bank Capital Market In Limbo] Reference

He said hundreds of investors took part in the offering, which was oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goldman Sells Stock, but Pays a Price] Reference

The fund was oversubscribed and three times the size of its predecessor, Horus II.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Goldman bankers] Reference

Horticulture colleges are suddenly oversubscribed and elite gardening schools are full.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Does The Garden Grow?] Reference

It said the deal was "significantly oversubscribed," indicating there was strong demand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westpac Offer Raises $1.7 Billion] Reference

Last year the company launched an initial public offering that was oversubscribed 13 times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Markets for the Poor in Mexico] Reference

JFS was never oversubscribed when its results were similar to those of other State schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Anyone who tries to subscribe to our learning programmes knows they are wildly oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Artists, critics and readers on 10 years of Tate Modern] Reference

The two-part deal followed heavily oversubscribed public offerings by Citigroup Inc. last week.    From Wordnik.com.  [BofA Expects to Raise $12 Billion] Reference

But even issues which are oversubscribed usually receive only 35,000-70,000 retail applications.    From Wordnik.com.  [India May Double Individual Cap for IPOs] Reference

When Flutter was looking for second-round finance in June, its offer was oversubscribed fivefold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gambling On The Web] Reference

The auction, the first of several note sales this week, was more than three times oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Costly Overhaul for Big Banks] Reference

The partial privatization of Kenya's telecom company, Safaricom, was dramatically oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gene Sperling: Hopes for Democracy, Stability and Education Alive in Kenya] Reference

States Navy; it oversubscribed its quota in Liberty bonds and gave generously to Red Cross and other war work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference

Producing them also takes vast supplies of water, while aquifers and rivers in the U.S. are already oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gasoline alternatives – What would you compromise?] Reference

A few colleges say they have studied which courses are oversubscribed and added more sections to solve the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [How AP and IB mess up college enrollment] Reference

Greece's first auction since its euro-zone partners agreed to lend it €30 billion at a preferential rate, was oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [European Stocks Slide on Alcoa Results] Reference

Shares set aside for international investors were oversubscribed by 711 percent, according to Kenyan Finance Minister Amos Kimunya.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenya Calling] Reference

The agency said the treasury bill sale - originally for euro900 million - was oversubscribed 4.54 times with a yield of 4.82 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greece Reaches $1.5 Billion In Debt Sale] Reference

Q But they don't get any -- but they don't get ahead of the line for the -- the federal day care centers are already oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Record Briefing On Welfare Hiring] Reference

Policies Division, conceding defeat, recommended that the commandant arrange for the transfer of 175 men from the Navy's oversubscribed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference