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Verb: overspend (overspent)  ,ow-vu(r)'spend
  1. Spend more than available of (a budget)
    "The project manager overspent the allocated budget by 20%"; "The government overspent on defence this year"
     
  2. Spend at a high rate
    "The tourists overspent on souvenirs"; "He tends to overspend when he goes shopping"

Derived forms: overspent, overspends, overspending

Type of: consume, spend, squander, ware [archaic], waste

Antonym: underspend