- expenditure
- nounADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ levelVERB + 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▪ patternPREPOSITION▪ 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.