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单词 expenditure
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expenditure

noun
 
/ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)/
/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1.  
    the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent
    • a reduction in public/government/military expenditure
    • plans to increase expenditure on health
    • The budget provided for a total expenditure of £27 billion.
    • Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.
    Synonyms costscosts
    • spending
    • expenditure
    • expenses
    • overheads
    • outlay
    These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.
    • costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:
      • labour/​production costs
      • rising costs
    • spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
      • public spending
      • More spending on health was promised.
    • expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person:
      • expenditure on education
    • expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later:
      • legal expenses
      • travel expenses
    • overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
      • High overheads mean small profit margins.
    • outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:
      • The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
    Patterns
    • spending/​expenditure/​outlay on something
    • high/​low costs/​spending/​expenditure/​expenses/​overheads
    • total costs/​spending/​expenditure/​expenses/​overheads/​outlay
    • capital costs/​spending/​expenditure/​expenses/​outlay
    • household costs/​spending/​expenditure/​expenses
    • government/​public/​education/​health costs/​spending/​expenditure
    • to increase/​reduce costs/​spending/​expenditure/​expenses/​overheads/​the outlay
    Extra Examples
    • Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.
    • Expenditure was set at £16 million.
    • Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.
    • Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.
    • The budget provided for expenditure of $2 billion.
    • The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.
    • They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.
    • You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.
    • plans to cut health expenditure
    • the family's average expenditure on food
    • Trouble arises when expenditure exceeds income.
    Topics Businessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • considerable
    • great
    • heavy
    … of expenditure
    • item
    • amount
    • level
    verb + expenditure
    • make
    • increase
    • control
    expenditure + verb
    • go up
    • grow
    • increase
    expenditure + noun
    • cut
    • limit
    • level
    preposition
    • expenditure for
    • expenditure of
    • expenditure on
    phrases
    • a cut in expenditure
    • a reduction in expenditure
    • an increase in expenditure
    See full entry
  2. the use of energy, time, materials, etc.
    • the expenditure of emotion
    • This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.
  3. compare income
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor ‘officer in charge of expenditure’, from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’.
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