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🏅 To surpass 💸 To remain unpaid 🌟 To stand out
to outstand

to outstand

8.0
To still need to be paid, like a bill or debt
  • verb
  • /aʊtˈstænd/
translation icon : estar pendiente
  • There are still many bills that outstand from last month, and we need to settle them soon.

Examples

  • Kim had no outstanding charges, so we couldn't pay for it with a stolen credit card.

  • European leaders were worried that such a move would mean that the billions of dollars in outstanding loans to Russia would not be repaid.

  • Several accounts remain outstanding, and the business may face penalties if they are not paid promptly.

  • The landlord informed us that there were outstanding payments that needed to be cleared to avoid eviction.

Antonyms

paid
1 1.0

Getting money for work you do

settled
3.4

Decided so there is no more doubt or argument

Surface Forms

outstand infinitive
outstanding present participle
outstands third person singular
outstood past
outstood past participle

Morphology

outstand = stand (opaque) = out + stand

Although it is historically built from 'out' + 'stand', the unpaid-debt sense is a specialized lexical meaning that is not predictable from the parts for most learners.

Etymology

Outstand used for unpaid bills can be remembered by thinking of out- and stand and a paper that still 'stands' on your desk because it is not paid. So an outstand bill is one that still remains unpaid.