"outspend" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-outspend.wav Forms: outspends [present, singular, third-person], outspending [participle, present], outspent [participle, past], outspent [past]
Etymology: From out- + spend. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|spend}} out- + spend Head templates: {{en-verb|outspends|outspending|outspent}} outspend (third-person singular simple present outspends, present participle outspending, simple past and past participle outspent)
  1. (transitive) To spend more than some limit or than another entity. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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