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underspend

/ˌʌn.dərˈspend/

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verb

C1formalcommon/ˌʌn.dərˈspend/

A verb used to indicate the act of spending less money than is necessary, expected, or budgeted.

  • 🇷🇺Глагол, используемый для обозначения действия траты меньшего количества денег, чем необходимо, ожидается или запланировано в бюджете.
  1. Spend less than budgeted B2 formal

    To spend less money than the amount allocated or budgeted for a particular purpose.

    • The department underspent its annual budget by 10%.
    • We need to avoid underspending on essential maintenance.
    • The project underspent due to efficient resource management.

    🇷🇺Недорасходовать

    Antonyms: overspend

  2. Spend less than normal B2 formal

    To spend money at a rate lower than usual or expected.

    • During the recession, many households underspent on luxury items.
    • The company has been underspending on marketing this quarter.
    • He tends to underspend on groceries by buying in bulk.

    🇷🇺Тратить меньше обычного

    Synonyms: cut backeconomizesavescrimpskimp

    Antonyms: overspend

  • underspent past participle
  • underspent past simple
  • underspending present participle
  • underspends third person singular