0 used to talk about the result for sales, growth, etc. achieved in a particular period, rather than what was expected or planned:
He was budgeting for zero net new business this year, while expressing his hope that the outturn would be better than this.
The outturn was well below City expectations of an 0.8% increase.
1 a total amount of goods or services produced during a particular period of time:
These outturns nevertheless show that superior returns by prudent person sectors are not just a quirk of the 1980-1995 data period.
Equally, local authorities can raise the outturn (and therefore the final settlement) by spending above budget.
The outturn figure for spend on prison education in 1995–96 was £36,956,000.
That is very close to the outturn figure for 1996–97, which was £34,481,000.
The latest estimated outturn is £1,763 million and a winter supplementary estimate for a further £137 million has been announced.
Forecast outturn expenditure on youth training and employment training in comparison to 1990–91 cash limits is shown in the table.
The increase is within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the 1990 autumn statement.
The increase is within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the autumn statement.
