OUTGO
What does "OUTGO" mean?
Money that is spent or paid out; expenditure.
Meanings
- The total of what is paid out or expended, as opposed to income. When outgo exceeds income, the savings begin to vanish. formal
- To go faster than, to exceed, or to surpass. No runner could outgo him on the open straight. archaic
Word origin
A compound of 'out' and 'go', from Old English 'utgan', meaning to go out; the financial sense of money 'going out' parallels the older sense of physically departing.
Remember it
OUTGO is the opposite of income: money that goes OUT instead of coming in.
A little poem
Income arrives in quiet, steady streams;
outgo just laughs and leaves the way it came.
couplet
What it teaches
Watch the outgo, not just the income; a leak sinks the ship the tide never could.
Quick facts
What does OUTGO mean?
Money that is spent or paid out; expenditure.
Is OUTGO a valid word?
Yes — OUTGO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is OUTGO?
OUTGO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does OUTGO come from?
A compound of 'out' and 'go', from Old English 'utgan', meaning to go out; the financial sense of money 'going out' parallels the older sense of physically departing.
What can OUTGO teach us?
Watch the outgo, not just the income; a leak sinks the ship the tide never could.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.