underspend
English
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[edit]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.
- Antonym: overspend
Noun
[edit]underspend (plural underspends)
- An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
- Antonym: overspend
- Any underspends will revert to the general fund at the end of the year.
- 2012 July 10, Jessica Shankleman, “Government defends £400m energy and climate budget underspend”, in The Guardian[1]:
- He also maintained that the final audited underspend was £322m, including additional estimates.
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