overspend
overspend
Definition
over·spend (ō′vər spend′, ō′vər spend′)
transitive verb -·spent′, -·spend′·ing
- Rare to use till worn out; exhaust
- to spend more than
intransitive verb
to spend more than one can afford
overspend
Usage Examples
Object
- budget: In fact, I cant see the GP wanting to overspend the budget anymore than what they will get rewarded to do.
- year: In addition, he said, the boys ' school had an expected overspend this year of £ 20,000.
- trust: He promised that overspent trusts would be given a " soft landing " .
- allocation: As no risk assessment procedures are established there is a danger of overspending the funding allocations which would affect overall College financial management.
- ': Heâs overspent â an almost £ 20 billion surplus is now a deficit of more than £ 30 billion.
Preposition: on
- budget: Councilor McBride urged Members to be mindful of the overspend on the budget.
- project: Overspending on capital projects will need to be subject to a separate report and will require equivalent funding to be identified.
Preposition: at
- end: The plans aim to fit health services to the level of funding available, to avoid overspending at the end of the year.
Modifying Another Word
- already: The RCN has said foundation trusts have been hardest hit, with more than half already overspent.
- n't: Then either take a calculator or tot up the running total in your head to make sure you do n't overspend.
- not: Clothing plan in advance and do not overspend.
- any: Plans to ensure that the NHS recovers any overspend from 2005/6 and to provide a surplus for 2007/8.
- massively: Mainstream health and massively overspent education services have been ordered by ministers not to take on new commitments.
- significantly: Two LEAs had significantly overspent their special needs budgets.
Infinitive complement
- meet: The Labor Government's obsession with targets has directly led to PCTs overspending to meet them.
Preposition: in
- year: Priority must be given to avoiding an overspend in any year.
- area: Further discussions were ongoing to secure additional income to cover the overspend in these areas.
- budget: Unfortunately, because of an overspend in the maintenance budget last year, the work was delayed.
- NHS: We believe that local mental health services are being targeted to relieve overspending elsewhere in the NHS.
Preposition: by
- total: The trust has overspent by a total of £ 40m and had a £ 14m deficit last year.
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