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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessubexecutar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: subezeɾkuˈtaɾ
"O ministério acabou por subexecutar as verbas atribuídas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To spend less money than has been planned, budgeted, or allocated.
"The health ministry tends to underspend its annual budget due to administrative delays."
- 1
An instance or amount of spending less than what was allocated or expected.
"The department reported a significant underspend in infrastructure development."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English by combining the prefix under- (denoting insufficient or below a standard) with the verb spend, which traces back to Old English spendan and Latin expendere. The compound emerged in modern financial and economic discourse during the mid-20th century to describe budgetary deficits in allocation.
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sous-consommer
Transliteration: sou-kɔ̃sɔme
"Le gouvernement risque de sous-consommer son budget."
weniger ausgeben
Transliteration: veːnɪɡɐ ˈaʊsɡeːbn̩
"Die Agentur hat in diesem Quartal zu wenig ausgegeben."
sotto-utilizzare
Transliteration: sotto-utilitaddzare
"C'è il rischio di sotto-utilizzare i fondi europei."
subejecutar
Transliteration: subexeɣuˈtaɾ
"La administración suele subejecutar el presupuesto anual."
subexecutar
Transliteration: subezeɾkuˈtaɾ
"O ministério acabou por subexecutar as verbas atribuídas."
कम खर्च करना
Transliteration: kam kharch karna
"विभाग ने इस साल अपने बजट से कम खर्च किया।"
预算执行不足
Transliteration: yù suàn zhí xíng bù zú
"由于项目延期，该部门出现了预算执行不足的情况。"
예산 집행 부진
Transliteration: yesan jipheng bujin
"올해 공공 부문의 예산 집행 부진이 우려된다."
予算未消化
Transliteration: yosan mishouka
"地方自治体における予算未消化が問題となっている。"
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