Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To spend beyond the limits of.
- transitive verb To outdo in spending.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Outlay; expenditure.
- To surpass in outlay; spend more money than.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To spend more than.
- transitive verb To spend to exhaustion; to spend more than the limits of.
- noun rare Outlay; expenditure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
spend more than somelimit or than another entity.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But in today's New York Times, RNC chair Ken Mehlman is quoted saying that the Dems will "outspend" the GOP.
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The DCCC decided to let the NRCC outspend it last month, in hopes of ending the campaign with a crushing financial advantage.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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It took him years to become financially secure, and even then his urge to outspend his rivals on new tricks could plunge him back into debt.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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It took him years to become financially secure, and even then his urge to outspend his rivals on new tricks could plunge him back into debt.
Jim Steinmeyer's "The Last Greatest Magician in the World" 2011
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The failure of the recent climate bill proved that environmental groups cannot outspend or outmaneuver the fossil fuel industry.
Corbin Hiar: 10/10/10 Global Work Party: How Social Media Made It Happen Corbin Hiar 2010
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Barack Obama decided to forgo public funding so that he could vastly outspend John McCain.
More on 'hardball' Ezra Klein 2010
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The failure of the recent climate bill proved that environmental groups cannot outspend or outmaneuver the fossil fuel industry.
Corbin Hiar: 10/10/10 Global Work Party: How Social Media Made It Happen Corbin Hiar 2010
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The eye-popping number ensures that the RGA will outspend the Democratic Governors Association in nearly every closely contested governors race in the country -- and could have an even larger impact in large states like Florida, Ohio and Texas where communicating to voters is a very costly endeavor.
RGA fundraising gives GOP edge in final weeks of gubernatorial races Chris Cillizza 2010
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The failure of the recent climate bill proved that environmental groups cannot outspend or outmaneuver the fossil fuel industry.
Corbin Hiar: 10/10/10 Global Work Party: How Social Media Made It Happen Corbin Hiar 2010
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The real motivation behind Think Progress 'blog is clearly to take business and its representative organizations out of the advocacy process (whether it be legislative or commenting on a member of Congress' record) -- a playing field that is not exactly level when you consider that labor unions and their allies far outspend business on election efforts.
U.S. Chamber broadens attack on Think Progress, alleges Soros-funded plot to silence business Greg Sargent 2010
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