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OUTGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: outgone    , outwent   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money paid out; an amount spent

Synonyms:

expenditure; outgo; outlay; spending

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("outgo" is a kind of...):

transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outgo"):

cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)

expense (money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer)

transfer payment (a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services)

Antonym:

income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be or do something to a greater degree

Example:

This car outperforms all others in its class

Synonyms:

exceed; outdo; outgo; outmatch; outperform; outstrip; surmount; surpass

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "outgo" is one way to...):

beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "outgo"):

outwear (last longer than others)

outmarch (march longer distances and for a longer time than)

shame (surpass or beat by a wide margin)

outfox (outdo someone in trickery)

out-herod (surpass someone in cruelty or evil)

outbrave (be braver than)

outweigh (be heavier than)

outrange (have a greater range than (another gun))

outshine (attract more attention and praise than others)

better; break (surpass in excellence)

outpace (surpass in speed)

outsell (be sold more often than other, similar products)

outsell (sell more than others)

outdraw (draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight)

outsail (sail faster or better than)

outroar (roar louder than)

outcry; outshout (shout louder than)

outgrow (grow faster than)

beat; circumvent; outfox; outsmart; outwit; overreach (beat through cleverness and wit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

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