expenditure

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[ UK /ɛkspˈɛndɪt‍ʃɐ/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈspɛndətʃɝ, ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of spending money for goods or services
  2. money paid out; an amount spent
  3. the act of consuming something
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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.
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