When you travel abroad, you start to feel very expansive, and it's easy to overspend in a mood like that.
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Overspend
Synonyms for "overspend" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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4 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- преразход noun (amount overspent)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 超支 noun (amount overspent)
- 超支 verb (to spend in excess)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 超支 noun (amount overspent)
- 超支 verb (to spend in excess)
Dutch
1 entries- overuitgave noun (amount overspent)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 超支 noun (amount overspent)
- 超支 verb (to spend in excess)
Italian
1 entries- sopraspendere verb (to spend in excess)
Min Nan Chinese
2 entries- 超支 noun (amount overspent)
- 超支 verb (to spend in excess)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.
Source: wiktionary
Whether an underspend or overspend is significant depends upon the size of the budget. A £1,000 overspend on an £8,000 drugs budget is very significant, but a £1,000 overspend may not be significant on a £300,000 ward budget.
Source: wiktionary
Electrification was not included in anticipated CP6 spending, after cost uncertainties following the Great Western Main Line overspend led to cutbacks by the Department of Transport to contain costs.
Source: wiktionary
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