expenditurenoun
uk/ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər/us/ɪkˈspen.də.tʃɚ/C2 [ C or U ] the total amount of money that a government or person spends:
It's part of a drive to cut government expenditure.
The government's annual expenditure on arms has been reduced.
[ U ] the act of using or spending energy, time, or money:
The expenditure of effort on this project has been enormous.
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- We're primarily concerned with keeping expenditure down.
- I propose that we wait until the budget has been announced before committing ourselves to any expenditure.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accounting
- accountancy
- accountant
- accounting
- accounts
- annualized
- arrears
- auditor
- balance
- bill
- capital
- capital gains
- costing
- double entry bookkeeping
- false accounting
- fraudulent accounting
- FRS
- GAAP
- housekeeping
- loss
- square
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