单词 | to be superexpended |
释义 | > as lemmasto be superexpended 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’. < as lemmas |
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