overspendv.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈspɛnd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈspɛnd/

Inflections: Past tense and past participle overspent;

Forms: see over- prefix and spend v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, spend v.¹

Etymology: < over- prefix + spend v.¹ Compare slightly earlier over-spended adj. and slightly later overspent adj.

a. transitive. To wear out through use; to use up (something, esp. time) completely. Chiefly in passive. Now somewhat literary.

ΚΠ

1593 B. Barnes Sonnet xxviii in Parthenophil & Parthenophe 18 Ill my dayes bene ouerspent.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 137 Marke how thy time is ouerspent, and gone.

1615 P. Gordon First Bk. Penardo & Laissa x. l.2752 Such restles thought's Penardo did torment Still longing whil the night were over spent.

a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 27 They make their Ocum..of old seere and weather-beaten ropes, when they are over-spent and growne..rotten.

1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 100 Till this last storm of the terrible ones being overspent [etc.].

1884 A. T. de Vere Sisters, or Weal in Woe in Poet. Wks. I. 377 All the sobbing planks Tremble o'erspent.

a1886 E. Dickinson Adrift in Poems (1896) 185 One little boat o'erspent with gales Retrimmed its masts, redecked its sails.

1908 W. E. Hunter Cain in Nightingale & Other Poems 22 By shelving corners of the rocks, he passed, And when the night was well-nigh over-spent, Bewildered stood upon the fatal ledge.

1914 W. S. Blunt Death in Ball-room in Poet. Wks. 402 Her feet..made our pulses beat Lest those frail laces should be overspent And the white satin shoes be whirled away or rent.

1968 U. K. Le Guin Wizard of Earthsea (1975) i. 24 He has overspent his power.

2001 Times 22 Mar. ii. 22/6 Passion was well-nigh overspent—though Bostridge's numbed withdrawal into Heine's Her picture and By the sea reconfirmed his imaginative mastery.

b. transitive. To exhaust the strength or endurance of (a person, his or her spirit, etc.). Chiefly in passive. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]

wearyc897

tirea1000

travailc1300

forwearya1325

taryc1375

tarc1440

matec1450

break1483

labour1496

overwearya1500

wear?1507

to wear out, forth1525

fatigate1535

stress1540

overtire1558

forwaste1563

to tire out1563

overwear1578

spend1582

out-tire1596

outwear1596

outweary1596

overspend1596

to toil out1596

attediate1603

bejade1620

lassate1623

harassa1626

overtask1628

tax1672

hag1674

trash1685

hatter1687

overtax1692

fatigue1693

to knock up1740

tire to death1740

overfatigue1741

fag1774

outdo1776

to do over1789

to use up1790

jade1798

overdo1817

frazzlea1825

worry1828

to sew up1837

to wear to death1840

to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847

gruel1850

to stump up1853

exhaust1860

finish1864

peter1869

knacker1886

grind1887

tew1893

crease1925

poop1931

raddle1951

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E8 But here my wearie teeme nigh ouer spent Shall breath it selfe awhile, after so long a went.

a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) ii. i. 59 Now I see th'art too farre gone, this Lady hath overspent thee.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 6 Harvest Hinds, o'respent with Toyl and Heats.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 115 We lay together that night, when after playing repeated prizes of pleasure, nature overspent, and satisfy'd, gave us up to the arms of sleep.

1799 T. S. Whalley Castle Montval iv. iv. 57 O'erspent with watching, he profoundly sleeps.

1816 J. B. Burges Dragon Knight v. 109 Approaching near two peasant swains they view'd, Who walk'd as if by travel overspent.

1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 32 The flower-starred lawn where ofttimes, overspent, I lay upon the grass.

1914 W. S. Blunt Natalia's Resurrection in Poet. Wks. I. 286 There, hidden in the shade where he had crept, Adrian o'erspent with sorrow soundly slept.

a. transitive. To spend more than (a fund of money); to exceed (an allowance, budget, etc.). Frequently in passive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend more than (an amount)

outspend1586

overspend1667

superspend1672

1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 160 It is plain that we do overspend our revenue.

1889 ‘L. Carroll’ Sylvie & Bruno xi, in Compl. Wks. (1939) III. 354 My little income's overspent: To trench on capital, you know, Is always inconvenient!

1955 L. A. Fiedler End to Innocence i. iii. 62 In his early campaign for the judgeship, he apparently overspent the statutory allowance.

1989 P. Lawless Britain's Inner Cities (BNC) 34 In the mid-1980s, many local councils substantially overspent their cash limits.

2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 10 Mr Costa revealed the budget would be overspent by $2 million.

b. transitive (reflexive). To spend beyond one's means; to spend more money than one possesses, or than has been allocated for a given purpose. Also in passive in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (reflexive)] > spend beyond one's means

to run out1633

overspend1850

1850 Littell's Living Age 14 Sept. 505/1 In short, Gaspard overspent himself.

1890 Spectator 7 June Although Italy has not overspent herself like France.

1928 Times 8 Mar. 22/3 On balance we are overspent on capital account by £1,411,811.

1959 M. Summerton Small Wilderness xiii. 159 Money? Overspent yourselves in this place?

2003 Liverpool Post (Nexis) 8 Feb. The school is dramatically overspent because it previously split several year groups into very small class sizes.

c. transitive. To spend (money) in excess, beyond one's means or needs, beyond a budgeted limit, etc. Frequently in passive.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)]

to lay on load?1562

lavish1567

to bring one's noble to ninepence1568

to lay it ona1593

overspend1857

plunge1876

splash1934

splurge1934

1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xxiv. 89 The principal argument..that what one man over-spends, some other must gain;—in short the old argument in favour of luxury.

1954 Afr. Affairs 53 28 Their accounts have shown £485 overspent on £3,508.

1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Feb. b3 The projects on which money was overspent..include portions of the E Street connecting interchange of the inner-loop freeway..and some portions of the center-loop freeway.

1993 S. Whitefield Industr. Power & Soviet Econ. v. 187 77,000 roubles were overspent on travel costs, and total spending on the central apparatus was 3 million roubles.

d. intransitive. To spend money excessively; to spend more money than one can afford.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend or incur expense [verb (intransitive)] > spend or have spent beyond one's means

overspend1930

dissave1936

1930 Times 29 Jan. 22/4 Private persons who overspend are soon overtaken by retribution, and Governments and Municipalities are not immune.

1953 E. Simon Past Masters iii. 159 From the outset [you] overspent... The money has all gone on inessentials.

1992 I. Gower Shoemaker's Daughter (BNC) 104 It seemed that The Fine Leather Trading Company had been overspending on labour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overspend
释义	overspendn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəspɛnd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌspɛnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overspend v. Etymology: < overspend v. Chiefly British. The action of exceeding projected expenditure; an instance of this. Also: the amount by which a limit is overspent. Cf. underspend n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > overspending > amount overspend1976 1976 Economist 10 Apr. 81/1 (heading) The great state overspend. 1978 Daily Tel. 17 June 8/8 The possibility of an overspend in one year in five or 10 when adjusting planned spending to accord with cash limits. 1987 Tree News Sept. 1/3 The money allotted for landscape is whittled away and used to pay for the inevitable overspend on the buildings. 2002 Llanelli Star (Electronic ed.) 25 Apr. He described how cash-strapped the authority had become, suffering a £11.5million shortfall in its services and making serious overspends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overspendv. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈspɛnd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈspɛnd/ Inflections: Past tense and past participle overspent; Forms: see over- prefix and spend v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, spend v.¹ Etymology: < over- prefix + spend v.¹ Compare slightly earlier over-spended adj. and slightly later overspent adj. 1. a. transitive. To wear out through use; to use up (something, esp. time) completely. Chiefly in passive. Now somewhat literary. ΚΠ 1593 B. Barnes Sonnet xxviii in Parthenophil & Parthenophe 18 Ill my dayes bene ouerspent. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 137 Marke how thy time is ouerspent, and gone. 1615 P. Gordon First Bk. Penardo & Laissa x. l.2752 Such restles thought's Penardo did torment Still longing whil the night were over spent. a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. Royal Navy (1650) 27 They make their Ocum..of old seere and weather-beaten ropes, when they are over-spent and growne..rotten. 1826 E. Irving Babylon II. vi. 100 Till this last storm of the terrible ones being overspent [etc.]. 1884 A. T. de Vere Sisters, or Weal in Woe in Poet. Wks. I. 377 All the sobbing planks Tremble o'erspent. a1886 E. Dickinson Adrift in Poems (1896) 185 One little boat o'erspent with gales Retrimmed its masts, redecked its sails. 1908 W. E. Hunter Cain in Nightingale & Other Poems 22 By shelving corners of the rocks, he passed, And when the night was well-nigh over-spent, Bewildered stood upon the fatal ledge. 1914 W. S. Blunt Death in Ball-room in Poet. Wks. 402 Her feet..made our pulses beat Lest those frail laces should be overspent And the white satin shoes be whirled away or rent. 1968 U. K. Le Guin Wizard of Earthsea (1975) i. 24 He has overspent his power. 2001 Times 22 Mar. ii. 22/6 Passion was well-nigh overspent—though Bostridge's numbed withdrawal into Heine's Her picture and By the sea reconfirmed his imaginative mastery. b. transitive. To exhaust the strength or endurance of (a person, his or her spirit, etc.). Chiefly in passive. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)] wearyc897 tirea1000 travailc1300 forwearya1325 taryc1375 tarc1440 matec1450 break1483 labour1496 overwearya1500 wear?1507 to wear out, forth1525 fatigate1535 stress1540 overtire1558 forwaste1563 to tire out1563 overwear1578 spend1582 out-tire1596 outwear1596 outweary1596 overspend1596 to toil out1596 attediate1603 bejade1620 lassate1623 harassa1626 overtask1628 tax1672 hag1674 trash1685 hatter1687 overtax1692 fatigue1693 to knock up1740 tire to death1740 overfatigue1741 fag1774 outdo1776 to do over1789 to use up1790 jade1798 overdo1817 frazzlea1825 worry1828 to sew up1837 to wear to death1840 to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847 gruel1850 to stump up1853 exhaust1860 finish1864 peter1869 knacker1886 grind1887 tew1893 crease1925 poop1931 raddle1951 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E8 But here my wearie teeme nigh ouer spent Shall breath it selfe awhile, after so long a went. View more context for this quotation a1632 T. Dekker Wonder of Kingdome (1636) ii. i. 59 Now I see th'art too farre gone, this Lady hath overspent thee. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 6 Harvest Hinds, o'respent with Toyl and Heats. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 115 We lay together that night, when after playing repeated prizes of pleasure, nature overspent, and satisfy'd, gave us up to the arms of sleep. 1799 T. S. Whalley Castle Montval iv. iv. 57 O'erspent with watching, he profoundly sleeps. 1816 J. B. Burges Dragon Knight v. 109 Approaching near two peasant swains they view'd, Who walk'd as if by travel overspent. 1876 L. Morris Epic of Hades ii. 32 The flower-starred lawn where ofttimes, overspent, I lay upon the grass. 1914 W. S. Blunt Natalia's Resurrection in Poet. Wks. I. 286 There, hidden in the shade where he had crept, Adrian o'erspent with sorrow soundly slept. 2. a. transitive. To spend more than (a fund of money); to exceed (an allowance, budget, etc.). Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend more than (an amount) outspend1586 overspend1667 superspend1672 1667 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1974) VIII. 160 It is plain that we do overspend our revenue. 1889 ‘L. Carroll’ Sylvie & Bruno xi, in Compl. Wks. (1939) III. 354 My little income's overspent: To trench on capital, you know, Is always inconvenient! 1955 L. A. Fiedler End to Innocence i. iii. 62 In his early campaign for the judgeship, he apparently overspent the statutory allowance. 1989 P. Lawless Britain's Inner Cities (BNC) 34 In the mid-1980s, many local councils substantially overspent their cash limits. 2003 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 7 Feb. 10 Mr Costa revealed the budget would be overspent by $2 million. b. transitive (reflexive). To spend beyond one's means; to spend more money than one possesses, or than has been allocated for a given purpose. Also in passive in same sense. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (reflexive)] > spend beyond one's means to run out1633 overspend1850 1850 Littell's Living Age 14 Sept. 505/1 In short, Gaspard overspent himself. 1890 Spectator 7 June Although Italy has not overspent herself like France. 1928 Times 8 Mar. 22/3 On balance we are overspent on capital account by £1,411,811. 1959 M. Summerton Small Wilderness xiii. 159 Money? Overspent yourselves in this place? 2003 Liverpool Post (Nexis) 8 Feb. The school is dramatically overspent because it previously split several year groups into very small class sizes. c. transitive. To spend (money) in excess, beyond one's means or needs, beyond a budgeted limit, etc. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)] to lay on load?1562 lavish1567 to bring one's noble to ninepence1568 to lay it ona1593 overspend1857 plunge1876 splash1934 splurge1934 1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xxiv. 89 The principal argument..that what one man over-spends, some other must gain;—in short the old argument in favour of luxury. 1954 Afr. Affairs 53 28 Their accounts have shown £485 overspent on £3,508. 1979 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 Feb. b3 The projects on which money was overspent..include portions of the E Street connecting interchange of the inner-loop freeway..and some portions of the center-loop freeway. 1993 S. Whitefield Industr. Power & Soviet Econ. v. 187 77,000 roubles were overspent on travel costs, and total spending on the central apparatus was 3 million roubles. d. intransitive. To spend money excessively; to spend more money than one can afford. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend or incur expense [verb (intransitive)] > spend or have spent beyond one's means overspend1930 dissave1936 1930 Times 29 Jan. 22/4 Private persons who overspend are soon overtaken by retribution, and Governments and Municipalities are not immune. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters iii. 159 From the outset [you] overspent... The money has all gone on inessentials. 1992 I. Gower Shoemaker's Daughter (BNC) 104 It seemed that The Fine Leather Trading Company had been overspending on labour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976v.1593
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