overrun

In the context of project financing, the amount of capital expenditures or funding above the original estimate to complete the project. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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▪ I. overrun o‧ver‧run ¹ [ˈəʊvərʌn ǁ ˈoʊ-] noun [countable]

1. also cost overrun ACCOUNTING an occasion when something costs more to develop and produce than was originally planned, or the amount of money involved in this:

• The Pentagon is expecting overruns of as much as $2.6 billion on its cargo plane program.

• Almost from the start, the cost overruns were as staggering as the project itself.

2. MANUFACTURING an extra quantity of things that is produced, which may not be needed:

• production overruns

[m0] ▪ II. overrun o‧ver‧run ² [ˌəʊvəˈrʌn ǁ ˌoʊ-] verb overran _PASTTENSE [-ˈræn] overrun _PASTPART [intransitive, transitive] ACCOUNTING MANUFACTURING

to cost more or continue longer than expected or intended:

• The health service ended up subsidising the venture because the costs overran.

• Businesses refused to commit themselves in case the project's costs overran its budget.

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overrun UK US /ˌəʊv^əˈrʌn/ verb [I] (overrunning, overran, overrun)

► to continue past an agreed or expected limit, especially a finishing time or a cost: »Analysts say the cost of the improvements are bound to overrun.
overrun by 10 minutes/2 weeks/$1 million, etc. »The 45 minutes allocated for the briefing overran by almost 30 minutes.

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overrun UK US /ˈəʊvəˌrʌn/ noun [C or U]

► the fact that something has cost more money or taken more time than planned, or the additional amount of money or time spent: »He expects the department to cover this year's overrun by moving money from development.
an overrun of sth »We found projects had an average time overrun of 17%.

→ See also COST OVERRUN(Cf. ↑cost overrun)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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Overrun — O ver*run , v. t. [imp. {Overran}; p. p. {Overrun}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overrunning}. ] 1. To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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