释义 |
ˈunderspend, n. [f. the vb.] An amount (of a budget, etc.) unspent; a shortfall in the amount expected to be spent.
1982Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts Apr. 269/1 The ability to seek to have certain categories of ‘underspend’ and excess receipts revoted into the following year. 1982Sunday Times 25 Apr. 49/1 The underspend emerged suddenly, at the last moment. 1983Hansard Commons 27 Apr. 868 It looks as though Sheffield might end up with an under⁓spend this year. |