overspending
vərˈspɛnd verb (used without object)
1.
to spend more than one can afford: Receiving a small inheritance, she began to overspend alarmingly.
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Overspending
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| overspend | |
| —vb , -spends, -spending, -spent | |
| 1. | to spend in excess of (one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated) |
| 2. | (tr; usually passive) to wear out; exhaust |
| —n | |
| 3. | the amount by which someone or something is overspent |
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Word Origin & History
overspend
c.1618, "to wear out," from over + spend (q.v.). Meaning "to spend more than is necessary" is attested from 1857.
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