1851 1 Dec. 555/2 So obvious a fact should be made known to those who must be desirous to obtain the greatest advantage they can in return for their advertising expenditure.
1911 24 May 12/3 Deducting debenture interest, £1,200, and the entire advertising expenditure for the year, £19,208, there is available £11,553.
2004 M. A. Stone & J. B. McCall vii. 194 Advertising expenditure across Europe rose by 8 per cent in 1998.