noun
Meaning 1
The amount by which someone or something is overspent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underspend
Standard Lemma guide
overspend
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɛnd
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 S P EH2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underspend
verb
Meaning 3
spend at a high rate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underspend
Broader terms: consume, squander, waste, ware
verb
Meaning 4
spend more than available of (a budget)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: underspend
Broader terms: spend
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European *(s)péndeti Proto-Italic *pendō Latin pendō Latin expendōbor. Proto-West Germanic *spendōn Old English spendan Middle English spenden English spend English overspend From over- + spend.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преразход (prerazhod) — amount overspent
- Chinese Cantonese: 超支 (ciu1 zi1) — amount overspent
- Hakka Chinese: 超支 (chhêu-chṳ̂) — amount overspent
- Chinese Mandarin: 超支 (chāozhī) — amount overspent
- Min Nan Chinese: 超支 (chhiau-chi) — amount overspent
- Dutch: overuitgave — amount overspent
- Chinese Cantonese: 超支 (ciu1 zi1) — to spend in excess
- Hakka Chinese: 超支 (chhêu-chṳ̂) — to spend in excess
- Chinese Mandarin: 超支 (chāozhī) — to spend in excess
- Min Nan Chinese: 超支 (chhiau-chi) — to spend in excess
- Italian: sopraspendere — to spend in excess