[
US
/ˈoʊvɝˌspɛnd/
]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəspˈɛnd/ ]
[ UK /ˌəʊvəspˈɛnd/ ]
VERB
- spend more than available of (a budget)
- spend at a high rate
How To Use overspend In A Sentence
- He vowed to continue to expose overspending. The Sun
- The council seems likely to overspend this year.
- We don't go to the opera; we overspend on the simplest facets of life. Times, Sunday Times
- The news of the overspend comes as work continues at the shore end of the pier to build a new entrance bridge across the road.
- This was misleading because you did see the charges, just not the overspending. Times, Sunday Times
- Some fear that the crunch point could come sooner as a third of hospitals are overspending already. Times, Sunday Times
- The liberal democrats wanted a more modest overspend ... seven million.
- I believe that the abolition of £5 notes from Britain's cash machines has contributed to our tendency to overspend.
- I am in dire financial straits, though not through overspending. The Sun
- Hospitals are already heading for a 2 billion overspend this year. Times, Sunday Times