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▪ I. outˈspend, v.
[out- 17, 18.]
1. trans. To exceed (resources, a limit, etc.) in spending.
1586Whetstone Eng. Mirror 152 His ryot in the end outspended both his fortune and credit. 1667Pepys Diary 20 Feb., He do confess our straits here and everywhere else arise from our outspending our revenue. 1811W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 345 We out-spend our means. 1895Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 828/1 She divined that otherwise he would outspend his fortune.
2. To surpass in spending; to spend more than (another).
1840F. Trollope Michael Armstrong ii, He had already acquired more envy and hatred among his friends and neighbours by [etc.] than by all his successful struggles to outspend them all. 1866Howells Venet. Life xx. 350 King Cole was not a jollier old soul than Illustrissimo of that day; he outspent princes.
3. In pa. pple. outˈspent, exhausted.
1818Byron Mazeppa iii, Outspent with this long course, The Cossack prince rubb'd down his horse. 1825Hogg Queen Hynde 62 His steed outspent was clotted o'er His neck with foam.
▪ II. ˈoutspend, n. rare—1.
[f. prec.: see out- 7.]
Expenditure, outlay.
1859I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 275 It is a mere outspend of savageness, to no end. |