growth of expenditure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgrowthandexpenditure
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growth
noun
uk/ɡrəʊθ/us/ɡroʊθ/
The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing ...
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expenditure
noun
uk/ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər/us/ɪkˈspen.də.tʃɚ/
the total amount of money that a government or ...
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(Definition ofgrowthandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As far as possible, we have restrained thegrowthofexpenditurein ways that will enable us as quickly as possible to resume our advance.
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I am therefore announcing today further measures to curb thegrowthofexpenditureand to help people off benefit.
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It will show thegrowthofexpenditurethat we are planning not only in 1978–79 but also in the three subsequent years.
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Might it not have been better to have said, "downward pressure on thegrowthofexpenditureon drugs"?
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It would be pleasant to be optimistic and to plan for a fastergrowthofexpenditureafter this year.
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Second, we identify and discuss the role of factors that contribute to thegrowthofexpenditureassociated with population aging.
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During the 1990s, however, another imperative has had rising importance - to contain thegrowthofexpenditure.
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Does a high level of private finance lead to higher expenditure levels and, perhaps as importantly, to a highergrowthofexpenditure?
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He was not making a party point, but simply calling attention to the very alarminggrowthofexpenditurein this country.
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Next year thegrowthofexpenditurein real terms will be at least maintained.
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The elasticity there—the rate of growth—was only half what it was in this country, while the rate ofgrowthofexpenditurewas greater.
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Thegrowthofexpenditureallowed is not adequate to avoid cuts in services.
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I think we are fully justified in making a general reference to-this enormousgrowthofexpenditure.
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Preliminary figures provided by the corporation suggested an exceptionally highgrowthofexpenditurebut these figures were subsequently corrected.
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The current review of public spending may therefore lead to some downward revision in thegrowthofexpenditureprogrammes.
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We renew our commitment to reduce structural budget deficits, especially by limiting thegrowthofexpenditure.
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The new youth training scheme is best placed in perspective by the scale andgrowthofexpenditureon special employment measures for youngsters.
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The national tax basis can equitably bear a rate ofgrowthofexpenditurewhich the local rate system cannot.
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Thisgrowthofexpendituremarks a considerable advance.
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What has propelled the budget upwards throughout the period is, above all, thegrowthofexpenditureand the common agricultural policy.
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