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Meaning of "underspend" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERSPEND

underspend  [ˌʌndəˈspɛnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERSPEND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underspend is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underspend in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERSPEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underspend in the English dictionary

The definition of underspend in the dictionary is to spend less than. Other definition of underspend is the amount by which someone or something is underspent.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERSPEND

PRESENT

Present
I underspend
you underspend
he/she/it underspends
we underspend
you underspend
they underspend
Present continuous
I am underspending
you are underspending
he/she/it is underspending
we are underspending
you are underspending
they are underspending
Present perfect
I have underspent
you have underspent
he/she/it has underspent
we have underspent
you have underspent
they have underspent
Present perfect continuous
I have been underspending
you have been underspending
he/she/it has been underspending
we have been underspending
you have been underspending
they have been underspending
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underspent
you underspent
he/she/it underspent
we underspent
you underspent
they underspent
Past continuous
I was underspending
you were underspending
he/she/it was underspending
we were underspending
you were underspending
they were underspending
Past perfect
I had underspent
you had underspent
he/she/it had underspent
we had underspent
you had underspent
they had underspent
Past perfect continuous
I had been underspending
you had been underspending
he/she/it had been underspending
we had been underspending
you had been underspending
they had been underspending
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underspend
you will underspend
he/she/it will underspend
we will underspend
you will underspend
they will underspend
Future continuous
I will be underspending
you will be underspending
he/she/it will be underspending
we will be underspending
you will be underspending
they will be underspending
Future perfect
I will have underspent
you will have underspent
he/she/it will have underspent
we will have underspent
you will have underspent
they will have underspent
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underspending
you will have been underspending
he/she/it will have been underspending
we will have been underspending
you will have been underspending
they will have been underspending
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underspend
you would underspend
he/she/it would underspend
we would underspend
you would underspend
they would underspend
Conditional continuous
I would be underspending
you would be underspending
he/she/it would be underspending
we would be underspending
you would be underspending
they would be underspending
Conditional perfect
I would have underspend
you would have underspend
he/she/it would have underspend
we would have underspend
you would have underspend
they would have underspend
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underspending
you would have been underspending
he/she/it would have been underspending
we would have been underspending
you would have been underspending
they would have been underspending
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underspend
we let´s underspend
you underspend
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underspend
Past participle
underspent
Present Participle
underspending
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERSPEND


append
əˈpɛnd
compend
kəmˈpɛnd
depend
dɪˈpɛnd
dispend
dɪˈspɛnd
expend
ɪkˈspɛnd
impend
ɪmˈpɛnd
interdepend
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛnd
misspend
ˌmɪsˈspɛnd
outspent
aʊtˈspɛnd
overspend
ˌəʊvəˈspɛnd
pend
pɛnd
penned
pɛnd
propend
prəʊˈpɛnd
spend
spɛnd
stipend
ˈstaɪpɛnd
suspend
səˈspɛnd
vilipend
ˈvɪlɪˌpɛnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERSPEND

undersigned
undersized
underskinker
underskirt
undersky
undersleeve
underslung
undersoil
undersold
undersong
underspending
underspent
underspin
understaffed
understaffing
understand
understandable
understandably
understander
understanding

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERSPEND

at an end
boyfriend
come to an end
end
forspend
friend
girlfriend
legend
outspend
parpend
perpend
pretend
recommend
resuspend
send
tend
the end
trend
upend
weekend

Synonyms and antonyms of underspend in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underspend» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERSPEND

Find out the translation of underspend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underspend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underspend» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

少花费
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gastar menos de lo previsto
570 millions of speakers

English

underspend
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

underspend
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنفق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизрасходованных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gastar menos recursos que o disponível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

underspend
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ne pas assez dépenser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Underspend
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu wenig ausgeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

少ない金を使う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적게 지출하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underspend
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

underspend
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

underspend
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Underspend
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

az harcama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non spendere abbastanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zbyt niskiego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невитрачених
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subutilizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελλιπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Onderbesteding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underutnyttjande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underspend
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underspend

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSPEND»

The term «underspend» is normally little used and occupies the 120.568 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSPEND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underspend» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underspend» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underspend

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERSPEND»

Discover the use of underspend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underspend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Public Expenditure on Health and Care Services: Eleventh ...
When you cannot overspend, it is inevitable that you will underspend. Q253 Dr Wollaston: So why not allow the whole of the amount to roll over into future years, given that we have so many challenges in terms of reconfiguration? Why not pay  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee, 2013
2
Public expenditure on health and personal social services ...
1 0 Additional expenditure on non discretionary ''A medical costs reported in final accounts. I05Cderg 00-03 - 0 Underspend on non discretionary welfare foods expenditure reported in final accounts. - 0 Lower expenditure on central personal  ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee, 2007
3
Financial scrutiny of the Department for Transport: second ...
2 Provisional underspend is based on the difference between provisional 2009- 10 outturn (at the end of March 2010) and budgets agreed at the 2009-10 Spring Supplementary Estimates. The Department's 2009-10 total DEL opening ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, 2011
4
The Care Quality Commission: regulating the quality and ...
Any underspend in administration is returned to the DH in the first instance and consideration is given to alternative priorities. Ultimately any underspend not re allocated will be returned to the Treasury. In returning any underspend to the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2012
5
Digital switchover of television and radio in the United ...
Underspend due to much lower take-up than anticipated 73. The Government originally estimated that around 4.7m people would take up the assistance provided by the Help Scheme32. The take-up of the Help Scheme has only been 18 per ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Select Committee on Communications, Stationery Office (Great Britain), 2010
6
Schools at the Centre
(I)n most schools the level of underspend exceeds any income which they are generating. This appears to be happening for a number of reasons. Schools tended to be extremely cautious in the early phases. Early budget statements from LEAs ...
Alison Bullock, Hywel Thomas, 2002
7
Administration and expenditure of the Chancellor's ...
ADMINISTRATION BUDGET (PREVIOUS YEARS)* During 2005-06 an underspend was generated mainly as a result of the de-scoping and deferral of some projects following a review of our change portfolio. For 2006-07 there was a small ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Treasury Committee, 2010
8
Forecast Evaluation Report October 2012
3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 Central government departments underspend against current expenditure in their resource DELs by £0.9 billion in 2010-11 and £48 billion in 2011-12, compared with the plans included in the Budget forecast at the  ...
Office for Budget Responsibility, 2012
9
The Age of Terrorism and the International Political System
In the early years of cash limits, the annual squeeze on volume implied by its operation was also compounded by the fact that though departments were not allowed to retain any underspend they might achieve, the Treasury was able to deduct ...
Adrian Guelke, 1995
10
Counting the costs: financial scrutiny of the Department for ...
On the topic of the Department's underspend in 2010-ll, I have been informed that this was monitored through our monthly financial management process and it was apparent by October 2010 that there would be an underspend for the year, ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERSPEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underspend is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Underspend in Warwickshire but council tax bills will go up
COUNCIL tax bills will continue to rise despite a £9million underspend by Warwickshire County Council this year. It is the second consecutive year the ... «Leamington Observer, Jul 15»
2
$6.6m special education underspend revealed
A breakdown of government spending has revealed a $6.6 million underspend on special education so far this financial year. The Herald reported earlier this ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
Treasury slammed for targeting public health underspend
Several finance and local government sources confirmed to LGC that the Treasury had cut public health budgets after picking up on the underspend. «Health Service Journal, Jun 15»
4
Calls for council underspend to go towards street lights
The authority claims the underspend in 2014/15 was due to the fact it did not need to use an £8million emergency contingency fund during a “benign winter”. «Echo, Jun 15»
5
SNP Government underspends budget by almost £200m
Labour said the total underspend was actually £354m – although this includes £153m of “non-cash” spending over which the SNP government has no control. «Scotsman, Jun 15»
6
£192m budget underspend announced
Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser said: "The £192 million cash underspend which the Deputy First Minister is carrying forward into the current year rather puts ... «Motherwell Times, Jun 15»
7
Estimated £7.6m capital budget underspend at Horsham District …
Meanwhile the £911,000 underspend in the revenue budget is mostly made up of departmental underspends, additional income, and the review of the Housing ... «West Sussex County Times, Jun 15»
8
Herefordshire Council confirms underspend on 2014/15 budget
Out today, the council's financial outturn report for 2014/15 shows savings of £15million and an underspend of £600,000 – in line with the last forecast made for ... «Hereford Times, Jun 15»
9
Politicians argue over underspend at council
He claims the system of underspending and other borrowing caused net interest ... spend but in line with the rest of Scotland there will always be underspends. «Kirkintilloch Herald, Apr 15»
10
STUC 2015: Government urged to use underspend
THE Scottish government was told to put its unspent money where its anti-austerity rhetoric is yesterday by using the £444 million underspend to help ... «Morning Star Online, Apr 15»

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