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# overspend

«overspend» in Mova's school dictionary: **to spend more money than you have or than you planned** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (overspend, overspends, overspent, overspending); noun (an overspend)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) To overspend is to spend more money than you have or than you planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#m1)

2) (money, noun) An overspend is the amount spent above the plan or budget. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In money and maths lessons: keeping to a budget, not overspending your pocket money. In news: a council or hospital overspend. It tells the reader the money went over the limit.

### examples

- I overspent at the fair and had no money left for the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x1)
- The school overspent on the new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x2)
- Make a list so you don't overspend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x3)
- The overspend was £300. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x4)
- Mum says not to overspend at Christmas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x5)
- The club had to cut costs after overspending. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/#x6)

### note

Past: overspent (not «overspended»). Maths: overspend = amount spent − budget (e.g. budget £20, spent £26 → overspend of £6). Opposite: underspend.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overspend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overspend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.