单词 | superexpense |
释义 | superexpensen. Scottish. Now historical. Usually in plural. Expenditure, or an expenditure, in excess of income or receipts; out-of-pocket expenses. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > above receipts or income superexpense1473 1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 74 Sum totale of all the parcialis of thir expensis befor wirtin, except the superexpensis of the last compt. 1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 141 Item, payt to Schir Duncan Forster, comptrollar to the quene, for the superexpens of his compt of this ȝere. 1567–8 Reg. Privy Council Scott. 1st Ser. I. 611 Takin up be the Laird of Mynto in his superexpenssis. 1607 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 288 Thomas Fischer and Willeam Speares superexpenssis in thair negotiatioune. 1685 A. Skene Memorialls Royall-burghs Scotl. xv. 99 If the super-expense continue, the Trade and Nation must come to ruine. 1881 R. S. Fittis Recreations of Antiquary in Perthshire Hist. & Geneal. ix. 298 The King ordained that the Earl should not be called upon..to pay any of his late father's creditors..until the super-expenses were discharged. 1973 Sc. Hist. Rev. 52 27 Super-expenses were repaid in various ways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1473 |
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