mid-15c., "to consume totally, use up," from out (adv.) + spend (v.). Meaning "to spend more than another or others" is from 1840. Related: Outspent; outspending. Outspent is attested from 1650s as "exhausted."
双语例句
1. European investors may outspend the Japanese this year.
今年欧洲投资者的支出可能会超过日本投资者。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There's little sense in trying to outspend a competitor with a much larger service factory.
