outgo C2+ Topic:Money & Finance US /ˈaʊtˌɡoʊ/ UK /ˈaʊtɡəʊ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun money or resources spent; expenditure or outflow With outgo exceeding income, the household soon fell into debt. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · money or resources spent;... expenditureoutflowoutlayexpensedisbursementspending ↔ Opposites incomeintakerevenue Word family Derived forms outgoing Related forms outgoingingo Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics Money & Finance External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # outgo **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **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 markdown