outspend
pronunciation
How to pronounce outspend in British English:
UK [aʊt'spend]
How to pronounce outspend in American English:
US [aʊt'spend]
Word Origin
- outspend (v.)
- mid-15c., "to consume totally, use up," from out (adv.) + spend (v.). Meaning "to spend more than another or others" is from 1840. Related: Outspent; outspending. Outspent is attested from 1650s as "exhausted."
Example
- 1. China plans to outspend america hugely in coming years .
- 2. If you cannot beat the inflation , you can outspend it !
- 3. Today , sponsorship by millionaires and corporations explains why free-market thinktanks outnumber and outspend the thinktanks arguing for public services and the distribution of wealth .
- 4. One of the latest reports , from the breakthrough institute , says asian countries including china , will outspend the u. s.three-to-one over the next five years , with potentially big implications for the early development of clean-energy industries .