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Definition of Overspend
1. Verb. Spend more than available of (a budget).
2. Verb. Spend at a high rate.
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
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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