overspend

present singular third person overspends · participle present overspending · participle past overspent · past overspent

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

   To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.

   Antonyms: underspend

plural overspends

1. The amount by which someone or something is overspent.

   Electrification was not included in anticipated CP6 spending, after cost uncertainties following the Great Western Main Line overspend led to cutbacks by the Department of Transport to contain costs.

   2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68

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   Whether an underspend or overspend is significant depends upon the size of the budget. A £1,000 overspend on an £8,000 drugs budget is very significant, but a £1,000 overspend may not be significant on a £300,000 ward budget.

   2018, David Bailey, The NHS Budget Holder's Survival Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN

   Antonyms: underspend