Outgo
[aʊt'gəʊ] or [,aʊt'ɡo]
Definition
(v. t.) To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.
(v. t.) To circumvent; to overreach.
(n.) That which goes out, or is paid out; outlay; expenditure; -- the opposite of income.
Typist: Ronald
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Outstrip, go beyond.[2]. Surpass, excel, exceed, outdo, outvie, beat, be superior to.
n. Expenditure, outlay.
Edited by Ian
Definition
v.t. to advance before in going: to surpass: to overreach.—v.i. to go out: to come to an end.—ns. Out′go that which goes out: expenditure—opp. to Income; Out′goer; Out′going act or state of going out: extreme limit: expenditure.—adj. departing—opp. to Incoming as a tenant.
Typist: Nora
Examples
- The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The return voyage promised to be more perilous then the outgoing one. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Others reveal, upon education, that over and above appetites, they have a generous, outgoing, assertively courageous disposition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Leona