Definition of Overspend

1. Verb. Spend more than available of (a budget).

Generic synonyms: Spend
Antonyms: Underspend

2. Verb. Spend at a high rate.
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Antonyms: Underspend

Definition of Overspend

1. Verb. To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overspend

1. [v -SPENT, -SPENDING, -SPENDS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overspend

overspecialized
overspecializes
overspecializing
overspecific
overspecificity
overspecified
overspecifies
overspecify
overspecifying
overspeculate
overspeculated
overspeculates
overspeculating
overspeculation
overspeeding
overspend (current term)
overspender
overspenders
overspending
overspendings
overspends
overspent
overspice
overspiced
overspices
overspicing
overspill
overspill estate
overspilled
overspilling

Literary usage of Overspend

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Asymmetric Marketing: Tossing the 'Chasm' in the Age of the Software Superpowers by Joseph E. Bentzel (2006)
"... cargo cult marketers of the bubble...overspend, overspend, overspend... in response to that 'man with the gun'. And you can rest assured that the lion's ..."

2. Oecd Economic Surveys by OECD Economic Surveys (2005)
""Train or pay" and levy/grant schemes may also encourage enterprises to overspend on labour training. Co-financing schemes therefore go some way in ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... puff; spec, blow, spout. exhaust, vt 1. See DRAIN, EMPTY, DRAW, DISCUSS. 2. weaken, deplete, overcome, spend, overspend (rare), overtire, pump, ..."

4. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... and I told him it is plain that we do overspend our revenue: that it is of no more profit to the King than it was the first day, nor in itself of better ..."

5. Arms Reduction; Economic Implication in the Post-Cold War Era by Lawrence Robert Klein, Fu-chen Lo, Warwick J. McKibbin (1995)
"Concerned only with its own security, each country tends to overspend, compared to the optimum commensurate with the joint security needs of the conflictual ..."

6. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: New Zealand 2006 Review by International Energy Agency (2006)
"The country should continue this sound strategy, and not be tempted to overspend on basic science research. It is positive that the country has started to ..."

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