英语词汇“expenditure”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

expenditure

/ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə

/ /ɛkˈspɛndɪtʃə/

noun [mass noun]

1The action of spending funds: the expenditure of taxpayers' money...

Is the Union Government prepared to present details of income and expenditure of the additional funds generated?
This in turn results in inefficient administration and inefficient expenditure of available funds.
Aggregate demand has so far been sustained, in the main, by consumer spending and targeted government expenditure.

Synonyms

spending, paying out, outlay, disbursement, doling out;

lavishing, squandering, waste, wasting, frittering (away), dissipation, dissipating

1.1An amount of money spent: cuts in public expenditure...

It is the amount by which their expenditures exceeded their receipts.
He has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half.
He advised against an increase in public expenditures and a lower payroll tax.

Synonyms

outgoings, costs, payments, expenses, overheads, dues, money spent;

spending, outlay

1.2The use of energy, time, or other resources: work is the expenditure of energy...

Obesity is due to an imbalance between energy consumption and energy expenditure.
He was exhausted from his expenditure of energy on the hilltop so he decided that sleep was probably best.
Weight gain and decreased energy expenditure contribute further to the existing insulin inertia.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor 'officer in charge of expenditure', from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere (see expend).

单词	expenditure
释义	expenditure /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə / /ɛkˈspɛndɪtʃə/ noun [mass noun] 1The action of spending funds: the expenditure of taxpayers' money... Is the Union Government prepared to present details of income and expenditure of the additional funds generated? This in turn results in inefficient administration and inefficient expenditure of available funds. Aggregate demand has so far been sustained, in the main, by consumer spending and targeted government expenditure. Synonyms spending, paying out, outlay, disbursement, doling out; lavishing, squandering, waste, wasting, frittering (away), dissipation, dissipating 1.1An amount of money spent: cuts in public expenditure... It is the amount by which their expenditures exceeded their receipts. He has cut government expenditures by reducing the public service by almost half. He advised against an increase in public expenditures and a lower payroll tax. Synonyms outgoings, costs, payments, expenses, overheads, dues, money spent; spending, outlay 1.2The use of energy, time, or other resources: work is the expenditure of energy... Obesity is due to an imbalance between energy consumption and energy expenditure. He was exhausted from his expenditure of energy on the hilltop so he decided that sleep was probably best. Weight gain and decreased energy expenditure contribute further to the existing insulin inertia. Origin Mid 18th century: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor 'officer in charge of expenditure', from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere (see expend).
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