aggregate expenditure

collocation in English

meaningsofaggregateandexpenditure

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aggregate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈæɡ.rɪ.ɡət/us
/ˈæɡ.rə.ɡət/
total:
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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 ofaggregateandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As a result,aggregateexpenditurewas kept reasonably under control (except for the late 1980s).
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Starting from expenditure forecasts at the level of single appropriations, a forecast for theaggregateexpenditurelevel should be matched with a revenue forecast.
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Since onlyaggregateexpenditureand revenue changes are considered nothing can be said about the effects of, for example, government consumption and transfers.
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Measures to controlaggregateexpenditureinvolved the state ceding most of its responsibilities for health care to the regions.
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Particularly intense efforts at expenditure control after 1992 resulted in a 17% reduction inaggregateexpenditurein real terms by 1995.
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The consideration of sub-sectoral performance has allowed for a much more nuanced view of local health priorities than that gained fromaggregateexpenditure.
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The answer advocated in the second interim report was a ministerial committee of public expenditure to examine major new initiatives andaggregateexpenditurein the light of the survey's predictions.
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Health reforms of 1992-93 aimed at making the regions more sensitive to the need to controlaggregateexpenditureand to monitor measures to promote efficiency, quality, and citizen-patient satisfaction.
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Forecast expenditure by local education authorities on nursery education is taken into account in determining theiraggregateexpenditurerelevant to rate support grant.
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But there, again, no one can venture on an exact estimate as to theaggregateexpenditurewhich year by year will be required.
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The rate of increase ofaggregateexpenditurehas been substantially reduced.
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In that case the authority will be allowed toaggregateexpenditureand present a total claim.
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What is suggested is that theaggregateexpenditureon the services is inflationary, unless it is matched by a comparable amount of saving.
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Theiraggregateexpendituresince 1980 is of less interest and relevance than what they have spent, and what they intend to spend, individually.
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We are taking theaggregateexpenditureof local government.
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The other principal factor in determiningaggregateexpenditureis the amount to be allowed for management and maintenance.
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At present there are no reliable figures on theaggregateexpenditureon compensation and related legal, administrative and professional costs.
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The figure for theaggregateexpenditureof the agencies is published annually.
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Theaggregateexpenditureupon new naval construction, including armaments, for the three years 1008–9 to 1910–11.
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The figures for that grouping are not, therefore, directly comparable with those shown for generalaggregateexpenditurepurposes.
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