0 used to talk about the result for sales, growth, etc. achieved in a particular period, rather than what was expected or planned: --
The outturn was well below City expectations of an 0.8% increase.
He was budgeting for zero net new business this year, while expressing his hope that the outturn would be better than this.
1 a total amount of goods or services produced during a particular period of time: --
I am not prepared to speculate about the final outturn costs.
This compares with an estimated outturn in 1981–82 of £13·6 million.
Provisional outturns for 1981–82 will not be available for some weeks yet.
Final outturn figures for any year are generally higher than the budget estimates.
Net expenditure since 1954, when the authority was established, is estimated at £68 million and the estimated outturn for 1974–75 is £3·7 million.
Details are given in the following table of the outturn for 1989–90 and the latest forecast of outturn for 1990–91.
As previously reported, the forecast outturn cost of the project is £250m.
The increase is within the forecast outturn for the planning total published today in the statistical supplement to the autumn statement.
