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UK
/ɛkspˈɛndɪtʃɐ/
]
[ US /ɪkˈspɛndətʃɝ, ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃɝ/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈspɛndətʃɝ, ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
- the act of spending money for goods or services
- money paid out; an amount spent
- the act of consuming something
How To Use expenditure In A Sentence
- Just a reminder - expenditure on staff costs and consumables is ‘spending’, not ‘investment’, and just because Nu-Labour persists in miscalling it as spending, it doesn't mean we have to accept meekly their attempts to confuse the issue.
- These are based on the observation that expenditure is typically necessary to partake in such recreational activities.
- Definition: Consumption can be regarded as total expenditure by households on goods and services which yield utility in the current period.
- The 62 million consideration will bolster the strength of the balance sheet and free capital for expenditure on the branded goods. Times, Sunday Times
- Public expenditure on the arts is woefully inadequate.
- Yet according to a recent survey 7 per cent of health care expenditure is on alternative medicine. Alternative Health Care for Women
- Table 10.1 illustrates this with reference to revenue expenditure on basic services by the ten district councils in the Greater Manchester area in 1987/8.
- With this approach there is a need to justify all expenditure and not just that expenditure at the margin or additional expenditure.
- Lenders now require more evidence of both income and expenditure. Times, Sunday Times
- The federal government could be committed to a tax expenditure quickly without prior consultation.