underspend
underspend verb: to spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
Verb
underspend (third-person singular simple present underspends, present participle underspending, simple past and past participle underspent)
- To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
- Antonyms:
- overspend
Noun
underspend (plural underspends)
- An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
- Any underspends will revert to the general fund at the end of the year.
- He also maintained that the final audited underspend was £322m, including additional estimates.2012 July 10, Jessica Shankleman, “Government defends £400m energy and climate budget underspend”, in The Guardian
- Antonyms:
- overspend
Antonyms of underspend
Forms of underspend
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | underspends |
| present participle | underspending |
| past participle | underspent |
| past | underspent |
| Noun | |
| plural | underspends |
Origin of underspend
From under- + spend.
Words formed from underspend
Words that rhyme with underspend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
Questions about underspend
- What does underspend mean?
- Underspend means to spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
- What part of speech is underspend?
- Underspend can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of underspend?
- The past tense of underspend is underspent.
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