expenditure

noun

/ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)/

/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/

[uncountable, countable]

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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 costs
costs
- 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 Dictionary
adjective
- 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
the use of energy, time, materials, etc.
- the expenditure of emotion
- This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.

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’.

单词	expenditure
释义	expenditure noun /ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)/ /ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/ [uncountable, countable] jump to other results 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 the use of energy, time, materials, etc. the expenditure of emotion This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort. 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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