underspend
An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
Noun
- An amount by which an allocated amount is not expended.
- Any underspends will revert to the general fund at the end of the year.
- He also maintained that the final audited underspend was £322m, including additional estimates. - 2012 July 10, Jessica Shankleman, “Government defends £400m energy and climate budget underspend”, in The Guardian:
Antonyms: overspend
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English spend English underspend From under- + spend.
Forms
Verb
- To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
Antonyms: overspend