outstanding

7 definitions • 11 examples

clearly very much better than what is usual:

an outstanding performance/writer/novel/year

It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.

not yet paid, solved, or done:

$450 million in outstanding debts

There are still a couple of problems outstanding.

very much better than usual; excellent:

You’ve done an outstanding job.

not yet done, solved, or paid:

My credit cards usually have an outstanding balance.

an outstanding debt has not yet been paid:

Most of the proceeds from the house sale were used to pay the outstanding mortgage.

an outstanding debt/balance

used to talk about the total number of shares held by a company's shareholders at a particular time:

As of July 23, the chip maker had about 12.3 million shares outstanding.

outstanding shares/securities/stock

an outstanding problem or subject has not been solved or discussed:

We still have some outstanding issues to discuss.