outspend
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Definition of outspend
1 : to exceed the limits of in spending outspends his income
2 : to spend more than outspent the other candidates
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Fine mess: Penalties for clubs outspending bonus money are severe, starting with a 75 percent tax for 0-5 percent overage. — Ed Barkowitz, Philly.com, "Baseball draft: Phillies' picks, TV/streaming info, top projected picks," 27 May 2018 In the winter of 2016-17 alone, teams in the decidedly mediocre Chinese Super League splashed out more than $400 million on international stars like Carlos Tevez and Oscar, outspending even the English Premier League. — New York Times, "China Won’t Play in This World Cup. It Still Hopes to Profit.," 30 May 2018 And Wallace, a multimillionaire who had long supported liberal causes, had the backing of many local Democrats and the wherewithal to outspend his opponent. — Steve Kurtz, Fox News, "Liberals stomping moderates in primaries: Will it hurt Dems in November?," 25 May 2018 The Soviet Union, meanwhile, was outspending the United States, but help from European allies put NATO defense spending above that of the Soviet Union’s competing alliance, the Warsaw Pact. — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, "Is It Fair for Trump to Bash NATO Over Military Spending?," 12 July 2018 Voters in her district responded by giving her nearly 60% of their vote, despite the mainstream news ignoring her and her opponent outspending her 18 to 1. — Josh Hoxie, Fortune, "What Ocasio-Cortez’s Win Says About the Rise of the Left," 27 June 2018 Browning said Farley has outraised Garcia and is prepared to outspend him and win the August primary. — Richard Ruelas, azcentral, "Two polls have bad news for Gov. Doug Ducey's re-election campaign," 27 June 2018 Netflix is still expected to outspend all of its rivals, with a content outlay between $7 billion and $8 billion this year. — David Ng, latimes.com, "Amazon Studios partners with Nicole Kidman's production company," 14 June 2018 Less than five months until Election Day, Democrats are outspending Republicans over the TV and radio airwaves in the most competitive Senate contests, according to ad-spending data from Advertising Analytics. — Mark Murray, NBC News, "Dems outspending GOP in competitive Senate races (except Florida)," 19 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'outspend.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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outspend
verb
English Language Learners Definition of outspend
: to spend more money than (someone or something)
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