[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to accept reservations for in excess of the number that can be accommodated:The airline routinely overbooks its flights so as to fill its planes even if there are last-minute cancellations."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to accept reservations in excess of the number that can be accommodated:If the hotel has overbooked, some of the conventioners won't have a place to stay."]}]