overspendverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈspend/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈspend/overspent, overspentto spend more money than you should:
The council seems likely to overspend this year.
The hospital has already overspent (on) its budget.
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Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- pay up
- payee
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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overspending
noun [ U ] uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈspen.dɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈspen.dɪŋ/
overspendnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈəʊ.və.spend/ukus/ˈoʊ.vɚ.spend/usUKan amount of extra money that is spent on something above the amount that should have been spent:
We're expecting to have a $5 million (budget) overspend this year.
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Costs & expenses
- admission
- aliment
- alimony
- asking price
- carrying charge
- charge
- compensation
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost-of-living index
- damage
- dent
- flat rate
- indirect cost
- maintenance
- outlay
- price war
- running costs
- settlement
- stoppage
- worth
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