OUTGO Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

outgo

noun

ˈau̇t-ˌgō

Definition of outgo

as in expense

a payment made in the course of achieving a result last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin

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as in departure

the act of leaving a place the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster

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Recent Examples of outgo The resulting gaps between income and outgo become structural deficits — very much like what’s been happening with the state budget. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026 In another part of the building, a fresh inspiration strikes and a blueprint gets tweaked, and, before long, a daunting $5 million project comes in at close to $9 million, well after outgo was supposed to have given way to income. — Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for outgo

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Noun

The area might feel a bit buttoned-up and corporate for vacationers, but those in Abu Dhabi for work will be within a stone's throw of some of the city's best power-lunch and expense-account-dinner establishments.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
For example, an advance provisioning allowance is a deposit used to pay variable expenses, including fuel, food, drinks and marina fees, with any unused balance returned.

— Christoph Lymbersky, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of expense

Noun

The departures show Meta is still shaping its strategy around AI and AI safety amid new calls for regulation in Washington.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The group formally processed the vessel’s departure and was trying to avoid violating Panamanian law.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of departure

Noun

Tiisetso’s view For half a century, the cost of African borrowing has been set largely in New York by three firms that rate the 55 countries from a distance.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
That operational slowdown would subsequently reduce gasoline output and drive total domestic energy costs higher.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of cost

Noun

With more widespread use, however, a rare, life-threatening side effect known as agranulocytosis (a severe reduction in white blood cells) emerged, prompting clozapine’s withdrawal from the market.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
To some, the attack fulfilled long-term right-wing warnings that Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza would yield disaster; and the attack was incontrovertible proof that Palestinians will never live in peace with Israel.

— Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of withdrawal

Noun

Both campaigns are also getting crucial assists in targeting Latino voters from independent expenditure groups, which aren’t bound by the same contribution limits as campaigns are.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Odds for a hike in October also fell in the middle of this week after the release of the personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, on Wednesday showed cooler-than-expected prices.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of expenditure

Noun

Ted gives her a going-away present, which seems to be a whistle in a red box, meaning she has been promoted to Head Coach of the Lady Greyhounds.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
Nobody is more confident working with the Kings than Colter, whose swagger and comfort with bursts of goofiness are well-deployed, albeit with less emotional range in the early-going.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of going

Noun

This is not a surprising metric, given the exodus of major studios like Marvel and Lucasfilm, which have moved virtually all high-budget production overseas including for the upcoming Avengers films.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
The report finds that big-budget films account for much of the exodus.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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