?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 252 Lentyculares..is an instrument þat..departeþ the scharpenesses þat ben to ben departede wiþ sikernesse for þe lenticulare outestondynge [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. eminence; L. eminentiam] þat it haþ in þe hede.

1587 T. Thomas Dict. Latinae et Anglicanae at Podium A place like a pulpit standing from the wall, like a stall: an outstanding.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Surmontement des iouës, a chuffie outstanding, or swelling of the cheeks.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 52 Pergoli..(which are certaine ballised out-standings to satisfie curiosity of sight).

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 231 Banf payit seveirlie for his outstanding.

1657 Cullen Kirk Session Rec. 17 May in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue V. 206/2 Compeired Agnes Jonstone, & was comitted to prisone by the magistrat for her cursing and outstanding.

1900 W. Watt Aberdeen & Banff x. 251 For outstanding against the good cause Irvine of Drum and Gordon of Haddo..were arrested.

1755 in T. Batch Lett. & Papers Provinc. Hist. Pennsylvania (1855) 33 In the list of outstandings given to me, is marked: Mr. Edward Shippen, at £10, his fourth and fifth payment, £20.

1861 G. J. Goschen Theory Foreign Exchanges 5 Such as had outstandings abroad which they were entitled to draw in.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Apr. 5/2 If the Argentine Government were unable to pay up outstandings.

1923 University Jrnl. Business 2 55 The company then increased open market outstandings by $100,000, using the funds to replenish working capital.

1960 C. Blagden Stationers' Company x. 192 In the following year the outstandings increased by over £100.

1999 Khaleej (Dubai) Times 7 Nov. (Features Plus section) p. iii I get the urge to say to whining clients, first pay your outstandings on time pal, then you can have the whine of your life.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Herce Full of sharp, strong, and outstanding..pins.

1827 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 349 The outstanding mass is three hundred feet high, and one hundred and fifty feet wide.

1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings vii. 148 The gigantic leaf..furnished..with outstanding veins of great depth.

1896 Daily News 9 Apr. 6/5 Those who prefer supple and clinging fabrics to those which are stiff and outstanding.

1912 D. Ferguson Castle Gay 180 Like the storm billows' shock on the outstanding rock.

1921 G. C. Shedd Lady of Mystery House ii. 16 Wearing a small outstanding pointed moustache.

1961 D. Hammett Man named Thin in Nightmare Town (1999) 341 One had a dark mustache between an extremely outstanding nose and chin.

1637 Dumbarton Burgh Rec. (1860) 52 Outstanding monies to be got in.

1723 J. Steuart Let.-bk. (1915) 212 The outstanding debts upon that part of the..estate in the Shire of Ross.

1764 G. G. Beekman Let. 30 Nov. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 478 I Look upon your Outstanding Debts to be good, yet we are often mistaken in the best of men however I Shall advance you near the value.

1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 23 447 The difference between the outstanding debts and credits.

1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy xi. 341 Still leaving outstanding and uncompensated a minute portion of the change, which requires a whole revolution of the node to compensate.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 222 A nobleman whom he had dunned for an outstanding debt.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 77 Among citizens there should be no outstanding quarrels.

1918 Act 8 & 9 Geo. V. xxxi. §4. 3 Any property of the company which may then remain outstanding shall vest in the said official receiver.

1989 Japan Times 21 May 4/5 Cossiga asked De Mita to stay on to handle outstanding business.

1992 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Sept. a6/3 Mr. Ringgold said one of the two suspects arrested was released. The other was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 132 Outstanding ministeris.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 216 The outstanding parties for war, address the great spirit every day till they set off.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. ii. vi. 154 Ammonia is..a violent outstanding exception.., being a compound of azote and hydrogen.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 264 The great outstanding facts, which our Lord has pointed out.

1899 Spectator 11 Feb. 208 There are many interesting articles..but there is hardly one of outstanding importance.

1936 G. B. Shaw Millionairess i, in Simpleton, Six, & Millionairess 149 Your lawn tennis was outstanding; you were a magnificent boxer.

1950 N. Mandela Struggle is my Life (1978) ii. ii. 33 Mr Mji was sent down to Durham where he did outstanding service.

1987 E. Feinstein Captive Lion i. 24 Maria Alexandrovna was an outstanding pianist, who had been taught by a pupil of Nikolai Rubinstein. Her talent was far more than a domestic accomplishment.

1744 G. Horseman Precedents in Conveyancing I. Table sig. 7G ii [Assignment] of an outstanding Term, as collateral Security for a Mortgage.

1826 Prop. Lawyer 1 46 The best advice we can give the practitioner, is to procure the assignment of all the outstanding terms in the title, as he will then have the means of availing himself of whatever protection they may afford.

1955 Cambr. Law Jrnl. 13 32 The English authorities tend to be complicated by trusts of outstanding terms or long chains of mortgages.