outspend en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /aʊtˈspɛnd/ (Canada, General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English spend English outspend From out- + spend.
Meanings
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(transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity.
Statistics show that political candidates who greatly outspend their opponents win more frequently.
As he admitted, he had been not only outspent and outslandered, but outmaneuvered.
2009, Leslie Derfler, Paul Lafargue and the Flowering of French Socialism, 1882-1911, page 143:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| outspends | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| outspent | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| outspent | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| outspending | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |