outbook

See also: out-book

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ book.

Verb

outbook (third-person singular simple present outbooks, present participle outbooking, simple past and past participle outbooked)

1. (transitive) To achieve more bookings than someone or something.
   • 1990, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, volume 183, page 42:

     Supervising the front desk, she regularly outbooked her peers by £1,000 a night.

2. (transitive, chess) To surpass in one's knowledge of book moves.
   • 2013, Monty Newborn, Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone, page 76:

     Then on move 13, Deep Thought II surprisingly found itself outbooked and in a difficult position.