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单词 superexpend
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superexpendv.

Brit. /ˌsuːpərᵻkˈspɛnd/, /ˌsuːpərɛkˈspɛnd/, /ˌsjuːpərᵻkˈspɛnd/, /ˌsjuːpərɛkˈspɛnd/, U.S. /ˌsupərɪkˈspɛnd/, /ˌsupərɛkˈspɛnd/, Scottish English /ˌsupərɛkˈspɛnd/
Forms: pre-1700 superexspend, pre-1700 1700s– superexpend.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin superexpendere.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin superexpendere to spend in addition (6th cent.), to overspend (from 13th cent. in Scottish sources) < classical Latin super- super- prefix + expendere expend v. Compare superexpense n.
Scottish. Now historical.
1. transitive (in passive). to be superexpended: (of a person or fund) to be overspent, to be in arrears (sometimes with noun complement or adverbial phrase expressing the amount).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend extravagantly [verb (transitive)] > surpass (budget, income, etc.) in spending
to be superexpended1473
superexpone1491
to be superspended?1507
surmount1570
outspend1655
1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 75 And sua is the comptare superexpendit jm jc lxxix li. iiij s. x d.
1559 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 325 Quhat he beis super expendit, the same to be allowit to him.
1591 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXII. 162 The comptar is superexpendit de claro in the sowme of aucht thousand ane hundreth fourtene pundis sevin schillingis fyve pennyis.
1637 S. Rutherford Let. 6 Jan. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 183 We shall be so far..from being super expended..that Angels cannot lay our counts nor summe our advantage & in-comes.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 453 They were not provided with horses..being superexpended by attending Parliament so long.
1700 J. Stewart Let. 18 July in State-papers & Lett. to W. Carstares (1774) 571 They tell us, we may despair of our arrears; the parliament owes us nothing, and the exchequer is super-expended.
1961 Sc. Hist. Rev. 40 100 Sums remaining due by an accountant were called ‘rests’, those due to him ‘superexpenses’; in the latter case he was said to be ‘superexpended’.
2. transitive. To spend (time) wastefully. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time
leese?c1225
losea1340
defer1382
wastea1400
slip1435
consumea1500
superexpend1513
slow?1522
sloth1523
to fode forth1525
slack1548
dree1584
sleuth1584
confound1598
spenda1604
to fret out1608
to spin out1608
misplace1609
spend1614
tavern1628
devast1632
to drill away, on, outa1656
dulla1682
to dally away1685
squander1693
to linger awaya1704
dangle1727
dawdle1768
slim1812
diddle1826
to run out the clock1957
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Direct. 31 Quhar that I haue my tyme superexpendit, Mea culpa, God grant I may amend it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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