overspend

o·ver·spend

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [oh-ver-spend]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈspɛnd/
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈspend/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [oh-ver-spend]
- /ˌoʊ vərˈspɛnd/

Definitions of overspend word

verb without object overspend to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly. 1
verb with object overspend to spend in excess of: He was overspending his yearly salary by several thousand dollars. 1
verb with object overspend to spend beyond one's means (used reflexively): When the bills arrived, he realized he had foolishly overspent himself. 1
verb with object overspend to wear out; exhaust. 1
intransitive verb overspend spend too much money 1
noun overspend excess of money spent 1

See all 14 definitions of overspend

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Origin of overspend

First appearance:

before 1580

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1580-90; over- + spend

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Parts of speech for Overspend

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Overspend

overspend popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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