expenditure

expenditure: noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ considerable, great, heavy, high, huge, large, major, massive, significant

▪ The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.

▪ low, minimum, modest

▪ average

▪ the family's average expenditure on food

▪ aggregate, overall, total

▪ gross, net (both esp. BrE)

▪ additional, extra, further

▪ decreased, increased

▪ excessive

▪ necessary, unnecessary

▪ estimated, planned, projected, proposed

▪ actual

▪ The next two items refer to actual expenditures incurred, rather than estimates.

▪ current, future

▪ Pay constitutes two thirds of all current expenditure.

▪ annual

▪ general

▪ per capita

▪ the country with the highest per capita expenditure on health care in the EU

▪ direct

▪ the total direct expenditure on training

▪ operating

▪ budget

▪ capital

▪ The company reduced capital expenditure on plant and machinery.

▪ Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.

▪ financial (esp. AmE)

▪ energy

▪ local, national

▪ federal, government, public, state

▪ Public expenditure was running at 44.6% of GNP.

▪ business, corporate (esp. AmE)

▪ household, independent (AmE, politics), personal, personal-consumption (AmE), private

▪ consumer

▪ advertising, marketing, research, research and development (abbreviated to R & D)

▪ defence/defense, education, health, health-care, medical, military, security, social, tax, welfare, etc.

… OF EXPENDITURE

▪ item

▪ You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.

▪ amount

▪ level

VERB + EXPENDITURE

▪ make (esp. AmE)

▪ They intended to make capital expenditures for equipment and expansion.

▪ increase

▪ control, cut, limit, minimize, reduce

▪ plans to cut health expenditure

▪ estimate

▪ approve, authorize

▪ monitor

▪ justify

▪ The results justified the expenditure.

▪ incur (esp. BrE)

▪ Mr Davis incurred substantial expenditure on the farmhouse.

▪ involve, require

▪ Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.

▪ have

▪ Both brands had heavy advertising expenditure.

▪ finance, fund, meet

▪ Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.

EXPENDITURE + VERB

▪ go up, grow, increase, rise

▪ fall, go down

▪ amount to sth

▪ Total expenditure amounted to approximately £1 million.

▪ exceed sth

▪ people whose annual expenditure exceeds their income

▪ arise from sth, arise out of sth (esp. BrE)

▪ extra expenditure arising from the commission's report into health and safety

EXPENDITURE + NOUN

▪ cut

▪ public expenditure cuts

▪ limit

▪ level

▪ pattern

PREPOSITION

▪ expenditure for

▪ They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.

▪ expenditure of

▪ government expenditure of more than £500 million

▪ expenditure on

▪ increased expenditure on the rail network

PHRASES

▪ a cut in expenditure, a reduction in expenditure

▪ an increase in expenditure, a rise in expenditure

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Synonyms:

Disbursement, spending, outlay, outlaying, laying out / Expense, cost, charge, outlay

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expenditure — ex‧pen‧di‧ture [ɪkˈspendɪtʆə ǁ ər] noun [countable, uncountable] the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time: • An advertiser rarely knows what its return on investment in… … Financial and business terms
expenditure — ex·pen·di·ture /ik spen di chər, ˌchu̇r/ n 1: the act or process of paying out 2: something paid out see also capital expenditure Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Expenditure — Ex*pend iture, n. 1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. [1913 Webster] Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is expended or paid out; expense. [1913 Webster] The receipts… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
expenditure — 1769, from M.L. expenditus, irregular pp. of expendere (see EXPEND (Cf. expend)) + URE (Cf. ure). Related: Expenditures … Etymology dictionary
expenditure — [n] payment amount, application, bottom line*, cash on barrelhead*, charge, come to*, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge,… … New thesaurus
expenditure — ► NOUN 1) the action of spending funds. 2) the amount of money spent … English terms dictionary
expenditure — [ek spen′di chər, ikspen′də chər] n. [< ML expenditus, irreg. pp. for L expendere + URE] 1. the act of expending; a spending or using up of money, time, etc. 2. the amount of money, time, etc. expended; expense … English World dictionary
expenditure */*/ — UK [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)] / US [ɪkˈspendɪtʃər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms expenditure : singular expenditure plural expenditures formal 1) money spent by a government, organization, or person Expenditure should ideally not exceed income.… … English dictionary
expenditure — ex|pen|di|ture W2 [ıkˈspendıtʃə US ər] n 1.) [U and C] the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time →↑income expenditure on ▪ expenditure on research and development ▪ huge cuts in … Dictionary of contemporary English
expenditure — ex|pen|di|ture [ ık spendıtʃər ] noun FORMAL ** 1. ) count or uncount money spent by a government, organization, or person: SPENDING: Expenditure should ideally not exceed income. government/public expenditure capital expenditure expenditure on:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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