Definition of "outstanding" in Englisch

verb

1. present participle and gerund of outstand

adjective

1. Prominent or noticeable; sovereign.

2. Exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority.

3. Projecting outwards.

4. Unresolved; not settled or finished.

   • I have several outstanding tasks on my to-do list.
   • Are there any outstanding issues that need to be addressed?

5. Owed as a debt.

   • You must pay any outstanding corporate card balance immediately.
   • I kept account of every farthing I spent, and my expenses were carefully calculated. Every little item such as omnibus fares or postage or a couple of coppers spent on newspapers, would be entered, and the balance struck every evening before going to bed. That habit has stayed with me ever since, and I know that as a result, though I have had to handle public funds amounting to lakhs, I have succeeded in exercising strict economy in their disbursement, and instead of outstanding debts have had invariably a surplus balance in respect of all the movements I have led. Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.