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to overspend

to overspend

7 4.4
To use more money than you can afford or planned to use
  • verb
  • /ˌoʊvərˈspɛnd/
translation icon : gastar de más
  • If you don't keep track of your expenses, you might overspend on things you don't need.
  • overspend your budget
  • overspend on gifts
  • people who overspend

I still don't feel great when I overspend on Amazon.

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Examples

  • The problem is probably that you're overspending what money you do have, and working more isn't going to help that much.

    Blog text (15)
  • Mrs. Massey has continued to overspend and has not looked for work.

  • If you overspend in one area, you will have to cut another area.

    Blog text (14)
  • The US government overspends; to do that, they have to sell debt to someone.

    Blog text (27)
  • I still don't feel great when I overspend on Amazon.

  • Even frugal parents overspend on first babies, birthdays, and school days.

    Blog text (8)
  • Regina worried that they were overspending and would have to eat beans for a year to balance their budget?

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Many of his principles derive from his Depression experience: don't overspend, always put something by for a rainy day, expect the worst.

    Academic text (1997)
  • As I cursorily reviewed our finances earlier this week, I realized that we are overspending.

    Blog text (20)
  • Tomorrow's the Wildflower Plant sale, and I'm sure I'll once again overspend buying plants I haven't yet prepared beds for.

    Blog text (21)

Synonyms

to splurge
vsto overspend
  • Informal
19 7.0

To spend a lot of money to treat yourself

spend more than you can afford or planned rather than just indulgence
to splash out
vsto overspend
  • UK
1 7.2

Spend a lot of money on something, usually to celebrate or treat yourself

spend more than you can afford or planned, not only on luxuries
to overshoot the budget
vsto overspend
4.3

Spend more money than planned for a project

applies to personal spending beyond means or plans, not only project budgets

Antonyms

644 1.0

Use less of something to avoid waste

To use less money than planned or expected

How Much

to squander
67 6.5
to overspend
7 4.4
to spend
1.0

Surface Forms

overspend infinitive
overspending present participle
overspends third person singular
overspent past
overspent past participle

Morphology

overspend = spend (transparent) = over + spend

Formed from the productive prefix 'over-' meaning 'excessively' plus the verb 'spend', so the meaning 'spend too much' follows standard English derivation.

Etymology

Overspend is made of over- meaning 'too much' and spend meaning 'to use money', like in oversleep where over- shows 'too much'. So, to overspend is to 'use too much money' and therefore spend more than you planned or can afford.