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out⋅stand⋅ing

  [out-stan-ding]
–adjective
1. prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
2. marked by superiority or distinction; excellent; distinguished: an outstanding student.
3. continuing in existence; remaining unsettled, unpaid, etc.: outstanding debts.
4. (of securities and the like) publicly issued and sold or in circulation.
5. standing out; projecting: a stiff, outstanding fabric.
6. Archaic. that resists or opposes.
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Origin:
1605–15; outstand + -ing 2

Related forms:
out⋅stand⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
out⋅stand⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. eminent. 3. owing, due.
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out⋅stand

  [out-stand] verb, -stood, -stand⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to be prominent.
–verb (used with object)
2. to stay or remain beyond: to outstand the hour.
Origin:
1565–75; out- + stand
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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out·stand   (out-stānd')   
intr.v.   out·stood (-stŏŏd'), out·stand·ing, out·stands
To stand out plainly.
out·stand·ing   (out-stān'dĭng, out'stān'-)   
adj.  

  1. Standing out among others of its kind; prominent. See Synonyms at noticeable.

  2. Superior to others of its kind; distinguished.

  3. Projecting upward or outward; standing out.

  4. Still in existence; not settled or resolved: outstanding debts; a long outstanding problem.

  5. Publicly issued and sold: outstanding stocks and bonds.

out·stand'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

outstanding 
1571, "projecting, prominent, detached" (implied in outstand (v.)), from out + stand. Figurative sense of "conspicuous, striking" is first recorded 1830. Meaning "unpaid, unsettled" is from 1797.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: out·stand·ing
Function: adjective
1 : not paid outstanding debts>
2 : publicly issued and sold outstanding>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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