Meanings
verboutspend (third-person singular simple present outspends, present participle outspending, simple past and past participle outspent)
present singular third person outspends · participle present outspending · participle past outspent · past outspent
- transitiveTo spend more than some limit or than another entity.
Statistics show that political candidates who greatly outspend their opponents win more frequently.
1 more example
As he admitted, he had been not only outspent and outslandered, but outmaneuvered.
2009, Leslie Derfler, Paul Lafargue and the Flowering of French Socialism, 1882-1911, page 143
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūt-
- Old Englishūt-
- Middle Englishut-
- Englishout-
- Englishspend
- Englishoutspend
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Cite this entry
APA
outspend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspend
MLA
“outspend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspend. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outspend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outspend.
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