单词 | superexpend |
释义 | superexpendv. 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’. 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). < v.1473 |
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