state expenditurenoun [ U ]
ukusGOVERNMENT, FINANCEthe amount that the government spends in total or on a particular thing:
He argues that reducing state expenditure would force more people into enterprise.
During the past decade, state expenditure on prisons has risen by nearly a third.
in the US, the amount that a state spends in total or on a particular thing:
The current state expenditure is $6,686 per student.