outgo

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈaʊtˌɡoʊ/ UK /ˈaʊtɡəʊ/ See IPA manual

noun verb

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noun
money or resources spent; expenditure or outflow

With outgo exceeding income, the household soon fell into debt.

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Synonyms

1 noun · money or resources spent;... expenditure outflow outlay expense disbursement spending

Opposites

income intake revenue

Word family

Derived forms outgoing

Related forms outgoingingo

Etymology

From the prefix out- plus go, modeled on Old English ūtgān ('to go out'). The nominal sense 'expenditure' developed by analogy with income.

ūt Old English gān Old English

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# outgo

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** ˈaʊtˌɡoʊ
**IPA (UK):** ˈaʊtɡəʊ

## Meanings
1. money or resources spent; expenditure or outflow

## Examples
- With outgo exceeding income, the household soon fell into debt.

## Synonyms
- expenditure
- outflow
- outlay
- expense
- disbursement
- spending

## Antonyms
- income
- intake
- revenue

## Derived Forms
- outgoing

## Related Forms
- outgoing
- ingo

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ūt
- Root: gān

## Etymology
From the prefix out- plus go, modeled on Old English ūtgān ('to go out'). The nominal sense 'expenditure' developed by analogy with income.

## AI Etymology
Outgo comes from the prefix out- plus go, modeled on Old English ūtgān ('to go out'). The nominal sense 'expenditure' developed by analogy with income. The prefix supplies the first semantic turn, while the base carries the lexical core of the word. As a noun and verb, it carries the sense "money or resources spent; expenditure or outflow", with the older formation still helping explain the modern use. Relevant historical forms include Old English ūt and Old English gān. Derivative forms include outgoing; related words include outgoing, ingo.

## Topics
- Money & Finance

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