overspend

over- +‎ spend

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

overspend (third-person singular simple present overspends, present participle overspending, simple past and past participle overspent)

1. To spend too much money; especially, to spend more than one earns.

   Antonym: underspend

   To get out of debt, first keep a budget and be careful not to overspend.

overspend (plural overspends)

1. The amount by which someone or something is overspent.

   Antonym: underspend

   • 2018, David Bailey, The NHS Budget Holder's Survival Guide‎, CRC Press, →ISBN:

     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.

   • 2021 October 20, Industry Insider, “The wheels turn slowly”, in RAIL, number 942, page 68:

     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.