overspend
verb/ˌəʊvəˈspend/
/ˌəʊvərˈspend/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overspend | /ˌəʊvəˈspend/ /ˌəʊvərˈspend/ |
| he / she / it overspends | /ˌəʊvəˈspendz/ /ˌəʊvərˈspendz/ |
| past simple overspent | /ˌəʊvəˈspent/ /ˌəʊvərˈspent/ |
| past participle overspent | /ˌəʊvəˈspent/ /ˌəʊvərˈspent/ |
| -ing form overspending | /ˌəʊvəˈspendɪŋ/ /ˌəʊvərˈspendɪŋ/ |
- to spend too much money or more than you planned
- overspend (on something) The company has overspent on marketing.
- overspend something Many departments have overspent their budgets this year.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOverspend is used with these nouns as the object:- budget
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