outgo
/aut'gou/
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Definition
Noun:
- Money paid out; expenditure: "Outgo" refers to the total amount of money that is spent or paid out, often in contrast to income or revenue.
Verb (transitive) (outgoes, outgoing, outwent, outgone):
- To go beyond; to exceed or surpass: "Outgo" means to be greater than something else in degree, measure, or performance. It is a formal or literary term for surpassing.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- The company's monthly outgo exceeds its income, leading to financial problems.
- Careful budgeting requires tracking both income and outgo.
Verb:
- Her dedication to her studies outgoes that of her peers.
- The new model's efficiency outgoes all previous versions.
Advanced Usage
- "To outgo someone in something": To surpass someone in a specific quality or achievement.
- He strives to outgo his mentor in scientific discovery.
Variants and Related Words
Outgoing (adjective): Friendly and socially confident; or, going out or leaving.
- She has an outgoing personality.
- The outgoing tide revealed the rocks.
Outgoings (noun, plural): Another term for expenditures or amounts of money spent, common in British English.
- We need to reduce our monthly outgoings.
Synonyms
- Noun: Expenditure, outlay, expenses, disbursement, spending.
- Verb: Surpass, exceed, outdo, outperform, outstrip, transcend, excel.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Outgo" itself is not commonly used to form standard phrasal verbs. The concept of surpassing is more frequently expressed with verbs like "outdo" or "outperform.")
Related Idioms
(Note: There are no common idioms directly using the word "outgo." The verb form is typically used in straightforward comparative statements.)
Noun
- money paid out; an amount spent
Verb
- be or do something to a greater degree
- her performance surpasses that of any other student I know
- She outdoes all other athletes
- This exceeds all my expectations
- This car outperforms all others in its class