单词 | overbudget |
释义 | overbudgetv. intransitive. To budget too generously. Also transitive: to assign too large a budget for (something). ΚΠ 1933 Times 6 Oct. 11/6 The framers of the League Budget have consistently over-budgeted during the last few years.., the surplus being paid into a fund called capital reserve fund. 1959 Internat. Organization 13 262 There was a strong temptation to ‘overbudget’ in order to meet contingencies which might arise. 1979 Harvard Business Rev. May 115/1 Some managers we interviewed indicated that they always overbudgeted certain operating expenses to provide a contingency fund which could be shifted around if the need arose. 1998 Indianapolis Star 17 Dec. b4/3 ‘I continue to believe your estimates are too high,’ said Rep. Jeffrey Espich, R-Uniondale. ‘You've overbudgeted again.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see alsoalso refers to : over-budgetadv.adj. < v.1933 see also |
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