How To Use Spending In A Sentence

Spending on a perennial effort to expand gambling at race tracks, known as "racino," increased four-fold to about $620,000 in 2010. StarTribune.com rss feed
I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
The protest was held in opposition to government plans to dismiss 25,000 state employees in order to reduce fiscal spending by 42 percent.
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. Erich Fromm
She promised coolth in San Francisco, where Julia had set her heart on spending the night.

Many people striving to get through the next fortnight of seemingly ceaseless spending may be tempted to spread the cost with a zero per cent credit card. Times, Sunday Times
Service providers haven't completely snapped their wallets shut, but the emphasis for the near-term will be on controlled spending as they look for ways to grow revenues.
Many folks have stated in many ways that even if CxP had had all of Shuttles bucks for the past five years, CxP wouldn't be any better off than it is now, because of mismanagement & misspending. Minor Damage Seen on Atlantis - NASA Watch
The National Health Service has visibly deteriorated, despite increased spending.
My earnings and spending were out of whack.
Magazines need the revenue from this powerful, high-spending label. Times, Sunday Times
I love to cook, but I don't feel like spending the energy every evening.
He is the one who pushed for campaign spending limits in this race; he rather insisted on them.
He has identified ways to cut its 600m supply chain spending by 12% and devolved more responsibility to regional management teams. Times, Sunday Times
A study by the OECD and Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (CFC) found that 31% of Mexican household spending went on products supplied in monopolistic or highly oligopolistic markets.
First, federal education spending under him is up nearly 50 percent over the final year of the past presidency, so the coalition's charge that the president is stinting the schools is just bunk.
This is not a full-scale spending review because of uncertainties about the medium-term economic outlook. Times, Sunday Times
Very interesting that our Member of Parliament seems to think spending every waking hour in horning is more important than being in Parliament. Campaigning in Horning
He vowed to continue to expose overspending. The Sun
Expect original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to not slash spending in customer-facing systems.
UK gov/Scotland Office are spending £1.5M on their public info campaign on new devo powers.
They just can't help spending our money on receptions for anything from the synchronised swimming team to the world-acclaimed left-handed marlies champions.
Spending has been jump-started by a drop in interest rates to 30-year lows as well as by the best monsoon since 1988.
Think of it as a play on European consumers' thirst and spending power. Times, Sunday Times
It is a cross plot of industrial R&D spending on the x-axis and so-called triadic patents on the y-axis. Innovation will get the economy moving
Spending in town centres has plummeted over the past decade. Times, Sunday Times
She linked the rising narrational deficit under Obama to pricey spending proposals Barnes is pushing in his gubernatorial bid. Valdosta Daily Times Homepage
These adjustments could quickly accelerate into a meaningful reallocation of government spending.
I remember spending as much time reading the contents of the books in Deus Ex and Fable, and reading the pads in Doom 3, as I ever spent actually trying to beat combatants. Some Thoughts, Part Seven – Games « The Graveyard
One widow, she said, was carrying around $900,000 in uncashed cheques; another confessed to spending $15,000 on designer clothes.
By the time he was a teenager in the 1950s, he was spending all his spare time at Recreation Park, cleaning boots, helping the groundsman, travelling to away games on the team bus.
The trade-off for drivers would be the abolition of road tax and fuel duty, and more spending on the road network. Times, Sunday Times
If you stop consumers spending by limiting their credit then recession is inevitable.
With this odd schedule during orientation at the new job, he won't be spending the days with me that he normally would.
Families are switching their spending from essentials such as food and petrol to discretionary items as they treat themselves to little luxuries. Times, Sunday Times
Once a system is in place, it should be maintained through audits and further spending if required. Computing
Successive governments are accused of prioritising the motorist by cutting vehicle taxes for fuel-efficient models and spending billions on road building. Times, Sunday Times
Around 6,000 were jailed for their beliefs, some spending months in solitary confinement. The Sun
Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to ￡9.75 billion.
Females ovulate only after spending several days with a male and then mate several times over several days to ensure fertilization.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is aiming for annual average GDP growth of 6.6 percent through the remainder of his term ending in 2014, partly by boosting spending on roads, railways and ports. BusinessWeek.com -- Top News
This time around, spending caps may not be enough.
He identifies higher infrastructure spending and a rapidly expanding middle class as two key factors behind this growth. Times, Sunday Times
Total Capital Expenditures for 2009 are less than historical and current estimates for Maintenance and Obligatory Capital Expenditures which we define as the estimated amount of investment in capital projects and obligatory spending on existing facilities and operations needed to hold production approximately constant for the period. The Earth Times Online Newspaper
There is skepticism about the impact and the unrestraint spending they're seeing out of this democratic Congress. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009
The government has placed tight constraints on spending this year.
Mainland authorities are banking on consumer spending to provide a bulwark against weaker capital investment and to broaden the economy's base of growth.
Techies are used to spending an ungodly amount of time mining virtual coins in online games.
But high command has yet again told them to leave the Bolly in the ice bucket, not least because it would look terrible to be seen quaffing champers when the chancellor will soon unveil the severest squeeze on public spending in decades. The Tories are still struggling to come to terms with the new order
Consumer spending accounts for about two thirds of national output. Times, Sunday Times
But Dave says absolutely no serious shopping before the comprehensive spending review, which is the tiniest bit unfair, I told Mummy, because no one looks at Manuela and counts up what she spends on all her funny shirts and cardies, they can't if they never see her. Mrs Cameron's diary
The minor 'phobias, such as pyrophobia, or fear of fire; stasophobia, or inability to arise and walk, the victims spending all their time in bed; toxicophobia or fear of poison, etc., will be left to the reader's inspection in special works on this subject. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Twenty years ago all the guesthouses and hotels would be full of holidaymakers - people spending and happy to be there. The Sun
They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed.
Additionally, I ruined it by spending the entirety of my meal making promises to myself of a tomorrow full of extra situps and a bowlful of lettuce for lunch.
There is no chance that deflationary pressures brought on by collapsing commodity prices will persuade consumers to defer spending. Times, Sunday Times
But consumer confidence has plunged by the biggest amount for two years on fears over tax hikes and Government spending cuts. The Sun
The main drivers of this long-term fiscal gap are, in order, the spending growth associated with Medicare and Medicaid, the revenue losses from the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and increases in Social Security costs ... Economists' Voice on Fiscal Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
You'd think vacations would be no-brainers - opportunities to get paid for not working, spending time with family or friends, and recharging creative juices.
She and her brother Joe, 25, were visiting Anna who was spending a gap year there.
Worries about cutbacks in government spending are understandable. Times, Sunday Times
"The proposal is not meant to provide additional funds to finance government spending, " it said.
This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home.
The company was playing with fire yesterday by spending time reassuring investors worried about the dividend. Times, Sunday Times
The children are spending a week at a summer camp.
But after spending three years recording his album 'Inspiration Information,' it flopped, his label dumped him, and Otis ran into drug and health problems. Spinner
Some of the dogs are poorly fed or underfed, perhaps because after spending a lot of money to buy them, their owners do not want to spend any more to get them proper food.
Too many clubs seem to be spending ridiculous amounts based on projected incomes which are not just unrealistic but beyond the realms of fantasy.
Given the state of the telecoms equipment market, it's no surprise to hear that this area was hit by a drop-off in spending and customer destocking.
And he aims to ensure he wins in Greece by spending the next month canvassing for votes in rival countries. The Sun
Dolphin added: "The only pledge that we would preserve is higher funding for international development, not only because it is a relatively small amount of spending (although it is) but in recognition of the urgency of providing more funds to low-income countries badly hit by a financial crisis not of their making. Don't spare the NHS from cuts, says leftwing thinktank
Courts will only interfere with a spending decision of a public authority in the most unusual circumstances.
Spending the week on an allowance is something that I am going to try to do from now on. The Sun
It is scandalous that we still allocate scarce homeland security dollars on the basis of pork barrel spending and not on risk.
It's a serious argument over whether to increase spending on public services or to lift people out of poverty.
A reduction in military spending was also proposed so funds could be channeled toward countrywide primary education for all children.
Earlier this week the Northern Regional Health Authority announced new spending allocations for the region's 15 district health authorities.
Recto said infrastructure spending in the region would mostly be on transportation and agriculture.
Still relatively pricey, but much more affordable than spending tens of thousands of pounds on your own polo pony. Times, Sunday Times
People are getting squeezed and they are spending less. The Sun
On top of that you have to add all the other spending he's proposed.
He does not have much free time but when he does he enjoys spending time in his garden.
A director filming on location in a stadium was spending ￡20,000 per hour.
Spending the summer travelling round India is a great idea, but it does rather beg the question of how we can afford it.
Ministers of any government have no intention of relinquishing control over local government spending. Times, Sunday Times
From the North Sea island of Sylt to Lake Constance on the Swiss border, an increasing number of guests are spending their vacations abstaining from food at wellness hotels that offer a fasting program. The Fast Road to a Healthier Holiday
As I have said before, if people advocate spending and tax increases, they should be prepared to defend them.
I'm going to sit down and talk with the offense, defense, special teams, and let them know what I think my niche is and where I should be spending my time," Haywood said. Miami (Ohio) - Team Notes
The company recently reassured investors that it could shrug off any cuts to education spending in Britain. Times, Sunday Times
The group is lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.
He goes on to talk about the Pentagon's ongoing, undebated plans not only to keep bleeding our treasury in Iraq (and, I would add, Afghanistan), but also to keep spending billions to design and build Cold War-era weapons "that lack not only a current military need but even a plausible use in any foreseeable future. Robert Koehler: Cross of Irony
This chapter examines the processes of revenue raising, allocation, spending and control.
Besides, there is so much to do that such luxuries as spending hours and hours stalking cats in pursuit of the perfect shot are simply not possible.
Spending is due to double over the next decade, feeding on more and more of the federal fisc and national wealth. Medicare for a New Century
After spending all that time maturing, they last for about one week as adults. Times, Sunday Times
They were the first longhorns in the territory and Elisha kept them hidden in a back pasture so he wouldn't be laughed at for spending money on the rangy beasts.
Greece has been rocked by riots and industrial action in protest over spending cuts by the government. The Sun
Neither option really appealed to Darcy, but anything had to be better than spending the day with Caroline fawning over him.
If that is true, when taxpayers who want to keep their hard-earned money are compared to politicians who want to take it from them to feed their uncontrolled spending, whose appetite better warrants the word insatiable? '
The spending increases announced by the Treasury amount to £61 bn once the £32 bn annual uprating on pensions and other benefits has been taken into account.
On the other hand, liking her a lot after spending an evening alternating between trying to save her life, kill her, and turn her mind over to an evil demigoddess, is Prince Tarvek, descendant of the fabled Storm King. Archive 2009-01-01
The International Republican Institute, which received $248 million in total between 2004 and 2009 to support governance, political participation and civil society programs in Iraq, made questionable decisions -- such as overpaying for security services from Blackwater, the infamous military contractor, and spending $690,000 on vehicles without approval from the government -- according to a new audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction (SIGIR). International Republican Institute's Use Of U.S. Grants Criticized By Watchdog
Clearly, if you are spending more than your income, you'll need to tighten your belt.
The company was playing with fire yesterday by spending time reassuring investors worried about the dividend. Times, Sunday Times
There's a storm in an eggcup today over Alistair Darling spending only half the week in London and the rest in Scotland while he takes his turn as Gordon Brown's stand-in during the Prime Minister's "holiday". Archive 2009-08-01
We desperately need a budget process in which respected, nonpartisan experts have real standing to publicly evaluate budget numbers, with less focus on meeting immediate spending or deficits and greater focus on long-term accrued obligations. Chicagotribune.com - News
'discounter' brands highlights consumer spending worries. DairyReporter RSS
Officials said there was widespread agreement on the need to promote growth by cutting government spending.
He'll be in the hospital over Christmas, so we'll be spending our Christmas Day there.
SACRAMENTO -- Thousands of tea party supporters in red, white and blue rallied for conservative causes Sunday at McClellan Park in Sacramento, as speaker after speaker denounced big government and excessive federal spending. MercedSun-Star.com: front
The growing spending power of the UK's Premiership stars has catapulted 21 new players onto the list.
After three years of increases in discretionary spending power, households are beginning to feel the squeeze. Times, Sunday Times
But it will be a tight, disciplined budget with spending under disciplined control.
She likes spending money just for the sake of it.
IT spending is up and systems and tools can cost a bundle.
Despite the deluge of World Cup promotions and advertising campaigns, Walkers' heavy spending and football tie-ins appear to have cut through the advertising clutter.
The company is spending $650 million on developing new products/technology.
Beijing's efforts to curb the property price bubble came about the same time as sovereign debt concerns for several European countries, which impaired credit provision and reduced spending directly.
But social accord will not exist if, as a result of reform, people's spending increases by more than half while their wages go up only a quarter.
The residents and guests of the Grand Hotel live their lives in comfort and splendor, spending their days in the bar or on the dance floor.
After all, the military brass appears to be spending in other areas.
They won't sanction our spending on this scale.
As we mentioned, McCain spending this week campaigning in what he calls the forgotten areas of America, trying to convince voters he's a different kind of Republican candidate. CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2008
Effective Listening Senders can overcome communication barriers by spending more time listening.
It would destroy any tentative revival of confidence and spending.
And they correctly surmise that a President with other spending priorities seeks to take it away. Times, Sunday Times
Higher interest rates will act as a check on public spending.
You do end up spending more than you would on a pint and a burger but you get refined upscale cuisine for a relatively downscale price.
No doubt the Labor Party will be spending a lot of time, money and energy analysing how it so disastrously lost the election.
Then attention shifted to a relentless focus on levels of government spending on public services.
Forget spending hours on a treadmill: aerobic exercises such as these have been found to be ineffective for weight loss. Times, Sunday Times
Consumer spending was the driving force behind the economic growth in the summer.
The experience of being out in the wild and spending some time chasing elk is good for the soul," says Rod Gilmore, North Dakota regional director of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, which is supporting the move to get rid of the private hunting ranches. Hunters Exchange Fire Over What
After spending two weeks casing the joint, they rob it on Christmas Eve.
Apple's iPod has largely been responsible for the problems now faced by Sirius and XM -- problems which have been acerbated by the irresponsible over-spending on programming by Sirius's CEO Karmazin, who should not be bailed out by the FCC by allowing the merger. Charles Warner: My Hyperbole Was Wrong
Halliburton: The oilfield services company reported a drop in quarterly profit and had a weak outlook as energy companies cut spending. Times, Sunday Times
The uncertainties associated with large federal budget deficits warn against exclusive focus on the total spending done by government.
Both nations have similar military capabilities but are facing budgetary pressures and want to cut defence spending. Times, Sunday Times
If each HIV test costs $20 then this campaign will cost at least $20 million, but since at most .5% of the general population you are spending $20 million to identify at most 5,000 HIV+ Los Angeles residents, or a cost of $4,000 per person. Campaign To Test 1 Million Angelenos for HIV Announced
The application is decorative, not structural, as evidenced by the metal straps suspending the logs.
An aide wrote the extra spending meant'going into reserves or cutting programme expenditure '. The Sun
Boise State's ascent to national prominence came amid a 52% rise in athletics spending in that same four-year period, close to tripling a 19% increase in total institutional expenditures. Missouri shows how schools pay a price for football success
Besides losing both world wars in spectacular fashion, near total destruction in the thirty years war, being Napoleons personal chess board, and spending half of this past century partitioned and garrisoned by the competing superpowers, Germany has spent most of its history as a collection of small principalities under varying degrees of rule by Hapsburgs. Matthew Yglesias » 18th Century Polish Strategic Dilemmas
The most recent economic downturn has actually sparked an increase in spending on the tailored marketing vehicles.
We have been underspending on our roading network for the past 20 years, and that is why we are in the current situation.
The game is now a non-contact sport and yet players are spending a lot more time on the floor.
They are mostly out of luck, Mr. Lees said, because the company isn't spending much time developing applications that will do all this "automagic" stuff on other phone platforms. Bits
Household spending, public consumption and investment have all grown strongly and the housing market remains buoyant.
In fact, the reverse may be the problem and we could be spending time kedged as the tide turns foul off Portland Bill (if we even get that far!
Not only was this rather fanciful with six mouths to feed, but I ended up spending a fortune at the local farm shop. Times, Sunday Times
Will be spending next weekend nursing her husband back to fitness. Times, Sunday Times
Defence Minister Moshe Arens had successfully argued that defence spending could not be reduced in the light of the ongoing Gulf crisis.
Revenue shortfalls during the first two and a half years of his term approached $6 billion, forcing him to cut spending and scrap some campaign promises. The Roanoke Times: Home page
The Government is determined to put a brake on public spending.
Perata said his figure was a fraction of the amount the state is now spending on emergency energy supplies.
He has faced numerous anxious moments over the years, spending time in immigration detention centres and winning last-minute reprieves.
TODD (voice-over): At the core of what Republicans say is wrong with the president's bill -- what they call wasteful spending, like $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts or $335 million for education programs to prevent HIV/AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases. CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2009
Spending cuts also overshadow the rail industry. Times, Sunday Times
She became Secretary of State for Education after spending three years as Environment Secretary.
What could have been more natural, then, than that Ballard the student should devote himself to classes in anatomy, spending quality time with corpses, some of whom, in life, had been dedicated professors in the department. The Catastrophist
If the corporate slowdown results in a drop of consumer spending, then the US economy could be in real trouble.
Under Gordon Brown's own fiscal rules, he could carry on spending and borrowing the shortfall in the short-term.
But officials noticed a discrepancy between her spending and the amount she was claiming. The Sun
This relates to the extravagant spending also; if a public institution wants to be funded through taxpayer money, they must be accountable and transparent with how they spend it.
Government spending is, according to Keynes's construct, a key component in determining aggregate demand, so more spending, even to resod the Capitol Mall or distribute free contraception, drives the economy in the short run. Washington Could Use Less Keynes and More Hayek
The fight comes in an election year when members of Congress are under pressure to show they\'re getting federal spending under control, especially members\ 'hometown and home-state spending.' OpEdNews - Quicklink: Emergency spending bill spotlights GOP division
Ironically, her trial also gave us the lip-smacking insights into the spending habits of the rich. Times, Sunday Times
The process of producing the art work gives both pleasure and satisfaction whether spending a whole day painting one picture or taking a series of photos.
But some doubt that he will curb spending enough to make the package fiscally responsible.
I'm afraid we have to chop back our spending this month.
The government is determined to check the growth of public spending.
She is also quick to point out that there's more to her than just being a footballer's girlfriend and spending money on pink velour leisure suits.
A statement from the Department for Education and Skills reads: ‘Employers have realised spending more hours behind your desk or at the chalkface does not equal greater productivity.’
These politicians tend to favor government spending for jobs and social programs in the cities, and have a generally liberal disposition.
It will also sharpen questions over the scale of spending cuts needed. Times, Sunday Times
No party serious about government should be talking about new spending and tax cuts. Times, Sunday Times
If all goes as planned, Autumn Jackson and Jose Medina are spending their last weekend in federal custody.
It is because it is so hard to find a way of cutting spending without imperilling access to justice that his predecessors – Labour as well as Conservative – have failed to do more than slow its growth, despite 30 consultation exercises in the past four years. Legal aid cuts: Scales of justice | Editorial
The southeast region provides 15.1 billion more in tax than it gets back in public spending. Times, Sunday Times
I'm not too enamoured with the idea of spending a whole day with him.
Much of this waste was caused because we inherited a government that didn't keep track of spending. The Sun
Most of the customers are equipped with euro converters and know exactly how much their money is worth and how much they are spending.
Having said that, unless you are happy spending a day being bounced up and down in a pronouncedly uncomfortable ‘hard seat’, booking sleeper tickets in advance for about 100 yuan is a good idea.
Tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money may have been defrauded from an adult education scheme, a spending watchdog has found.
It originated in the "guns and butter" spending of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the 1960s, and similar spending of today's President George W. Bush.
"We're going to cut out spending on bureaucracy and abolish regional health authorities.
That extra spending is substantial, despite incomes per person being almost identical. Times, Sunday Times
EDITOR: The watchdog being the Audit Commission, normally known for cavilling about spending Archive 2009-08-01
I got my bearings reasonably quickly, though, despite spending more time drunk than sober in the city centre.
For example, in Burundi, she says "even though public sector wages are well below average for the region, the IMF used its influence to ensure the government reduce its spending on public sector wages – having hiring freezes and cutting subsidies for fuel and reinstate a 20 percent fuel tax affecting the poorest. Increased Support for Developing Countries Urged from the International Monetary Fund
Andrew yearns for the days when exploring the Net meant spending dateless Friday nights geeking out on a text-only green-screen terminal in a fluorescently-lit corner of the university student center basement.
I came back to England after spending eight months over in America.
She was the founder and former director of both the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks electoral spending, and Public Campaign, which pushes for campaign finance reform.
Making a point of spending more time directly interacting with Jenny would also help.
They end up spending nearly TWICE as much of their income on filling their cars as the better off. The Sun
At the same time, only capital spending projects that deliver significant return on investment or boost innovation will be given the go-ahead. Computing
For instance, first-wave reforms were sometimes part of omnibus education bills that included other policy changes, such as increased spending on K - 12 education.
Spending on infrastructure will prove a wise investment. Times, Sunday Times
And he has boosted federal spending to combat the AIDS epidemic.
John Boehner, the House Republican leader, has been reduced to using his Web site to seek “credentialed American economists” willing to add their names to a list of “stimulus spending skeptics.”

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