overexpenditures
Costs exceeding budget
Overexpenditures are amounts spent beyond what was budgeted or authorized.
The term appears in government and institutional finance contexts: The committee flagged overexpenditures in three departments.
An overexpenditure signals that spending controls failed or circumstances changed unexpectedly.
Reckless depletion of resources
- misallocationImproper distribution of resources
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
- incompetenceLack of required skill
irresponsibility · extravagance · profligacy · wastefulness · imprudence · maladministration · corruption · embezzlement
Temporary taking of another's
- deficitAmount still owed
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- creditorOne owed money
- interestAttention, stake, or fee
repayment · arrears · liability · default · insolvency · bankruptcy · bond · lender
Amount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- allocationDistribution of shares
- outlayMoney paid for something
fiscal · surplus · revenue · funding · audit · accounting · projection · estimation
Prolonged economic decline
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- cutbacksReductions in spending
- downturnEconomic decline period
inflation · contraction · collapse · turmoil · adjustment · instability · layoffs · shutdown
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- misallocationImproper distribution of resources
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
incompetence · irresponsibility · extravagance · profligacy · wastefulness · imprudence · maladministration · corruption · embezzlement · misuse
borrowing
Temporary taking of another's
interest · repayment · arrears · liability · default · insolvency · bankruptcy · bond · lender · obligation
deficit
Amount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- allocationDistribution of shares
outlay · fiscal · surplus · revenue · funding · audit · accounting · projection · estimation · treasury
recession
Prolonged economic decline
downturn · inflation · contraction · collapse · turmoil · adjustment · instability · layoffs · shutdown · furlough
overexpendituresunderspending
Insufficient expenditure of funds
savings · frugality · austerity · parsimony · spending cuts
over, expenditure, expenditures, expend, expends, expended, expending, expendable, expense