personal expenditure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpersonalandexpenditure
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personal
adjective
uk/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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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 ofpersonalandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The issue is not only one ofpersonalexpenditure.
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Data were collected on all formal health and social care services used by patients, as well as time taken off work due to illness,personalexpenditureand informal care.
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Estimates have been made of the totalpersonalexpenditureon food by categories.
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The total ofpersonalexpenditureon drink, tobacco and entertainments, together with the net loss on gambling, in 1951, is estimated at £1,835 million.
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I do not think it would be right to single out this particular form ofpersonalexpenditurefor tax relief.
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In 1938, the personal disposable income was £4,517 million;personalexpenditurewas £4,296 million, and gross personal savings were £221 million.
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Serious fiscal anomalies could arise if one were to single out this particular form ofpersonalexpenditurefor tax relief.
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I do not think it would be right to give tax relief for this type ofpersonalexpenditure.
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I do not think it would be justifiable to single out this particular form ofpersonalexpenditurefor tax relief.
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I do not think that it would be right to single out this particular form ofpersonalexpenditurefor tax relief.
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It would not be right to single out for tax relief this form ofpersonalexpenditureby a particular class of taxpayer.
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The wide coverage limits the distortive effect of high taxes on patterns ofpersonalexpenditureand therefore on trade.
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There is a possibility that excessivepersonalexpenditurecould be reactivated.
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The cost of travel to work has always been regarded aspersonalexpenditurefor which no tax allowance should be given.
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It is estimated thatpersonalexpenditureon home and imported food in 1964 was approaching £5 ½ thousand million.
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Totalpersonalexpenditurerose quarter by quarter last year to a record high level.
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A relatively small proportion may be used on products ofpersonalexpenditure.
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Does he want to maintain restraint onpersonalexpenditureor not?
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It is never a pleasant task to make cuts, either in yourpersonalexpenditureor in the wider field of national expenditure.
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This is a diversion from taxation topersonalexpenditure.
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