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outgo

[out-goh]

noun

plural

outgoes 
  1. the act or process of going out.

    Her illness occasioned a tremendous outgo of affectionate concern.

  2. money paid out; expenditure.

    a record of income and outgo.

  3. something that goes out; outflow.

    The outgo of electrical energy had to be increased.



verb (used with object)

outwent, outgone, outgoing. 
  1. to go beyond; outdistance.

    to outgo the minimum rquirements.

  2. to surpass, excel, or outdo.

    Each child was encouraged to outgo the others.

  3. Archaic.to go faster than; excel in speed.

outgo

verb

  1. (tr) to exceed or outstrip

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. cost; outgoings; outlay

  2. something that goes out; outflow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of outgo1

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + go 1
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It reinstates a project that was cancelled last summer by Rachel Reeves, because it had not been funded by the outgoing Conservative government.

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Or, as Paul Johnson, the outgoing director of the IFS puts it, "this will be one of the tightest spending reviews in modern times, outside of the austerity period of the early 2010s".

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Mr Fried said the outgoing chairman was "spearheading" the Doge initiative and expressed concerns that the scheme "might not turn out how I wanted it to" without him.

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The outgoing conservative president, Andrzej Duda, has used his blocking powers to prevent the prime minister from delivering on many of his key campaign promises.

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The outgoing Liverpool right-back is admired for his offensive ability and is expected to complete a switch to Real Madrid this summer.

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