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English
Etymology
over- + spend
Pronunciation
Verb
overspend (third-person singular simple present overspends, present participle overspending, simple past and past participle overspent)
- To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.
- Antonym: underspend
To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.
Noun
overspend (plural overspends)
- The amount by which someone or something is overspent.
- Antonym: underspend
2018, David Bailey, The NHS Budget Holder's Survival Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN:Whether an underspend or overspend is significant depends upon the size of the budget. A £1,000 overspend on an £8,000 drugs budget is very significant, but a £1,000 overspend may not be significant on a £300,000 ward budget.
2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68:Electrification was not included in anticipated CP6 spending, after cost uncertainties following the Great Western Main Line overspend led to cutbacks by the Department of Transport to contain costs.
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