Overspenders

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Individuals who consistently spend more money than is available or planned for
2. Persons who exceed their budgetary limits through excessive expenditure on various items or services
3. Consumers who regularly incur financial deficits due to lavish or impulsive spending habits

Etymology: "Overspenders" is the plural of "overspender," a noun formed in English from the verb "overspend" plus the agent suffix "-er," meaning one who does something. The suffix has a long pedigree of its own: it passed through Latin "-arius," Old French "-ier," and Middle English "-ere" before settling into the modern form. The verb at its core is "spend," which descends from Latin "expendere," meaning to weigh out or pay out, built from "ex-" (out) and "pendere" (to weigh or hang). The Latin sense of weighing out payment is a useful clue, since early English "spend" carried the idea of using up a supply, a meaning that stayed close to literal exhaustion. "Over-" comes from Old English "ofer," meaning above or beyond, so "overspend" is a plain compound: to spend beyond what is available.

Synonyms: spenders, profligates, wasteful spenders, extravagants, lavishers

Antonyms: savers, economizers, thrifty people, frugalists, penny pinchers