outperformance

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Germanic *ūt

Proto-Germanic *ūt-

Old English ūt-

Middle English ut-

English out-

English performance

English outperformance

From out- + performance.

Noun

outperformance (uncountable)

1. The act or state of outperforming
   • 2007 April 8, Conrad De Aenlle, “A (Relatively) Good Quarter for Foreign Stocks”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 October 2025:

     Investors in overseas stock markets had more to show for their wandering spirit as those markets continued a long run of outperformance.