direct expenditure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdirectandexpenditure
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direct
adjective
uk/daɪˈrekt/us/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping 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 ofdirectandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Within these figuresdirectexpenditureon the automatic and remote control of mining operations was £0·8 million, £0·9 million and £3·6 million.
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The organisations are reimbursed from public funds to the extent of seven-eighths of theirdirectexpenditure.
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Interestingly, more than $13 billion of that loss came not fromdirectexpenditureon munitions and the military, but from the loss in economic output.
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Directexpenditureon overseas trade fairs has increased steadily over five years up to 1975–76 from £3·8 million to £9·5 million.
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The council's estimateddirectexpenditureon cancer research this financial year exceeds £1½ million.
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The table lists the grant allocation to corporations fordirectexpenditureon housing and provision of infrastructure.
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It is they, of course, who bear the bulk ofdirectexpenditureon the police.
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These schemes and the infrastructure of roads, hospitals and schools will benefit from thisdirectexpenditure.
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The expenditure involved is notdirectexpenditure, and it can hardly be called indirect expenditure, because it is done upon a business basis.
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We might he involved in additionaldirectexpenditure.
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It does not involvedirectexpenditureof public funds in the usual sense.
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Hunts, hunting organisations and their members and followers incurdirectexpenditureon goods and services in order to participate in hunting.
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Thedirectexpenditureof money from those charges on improving public transport in local areas is welcome.
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We also needdirectexpenditureon economic projects, such as factory building.
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The progress registered in this period came mostly from large bank profits and government projects withdirectexpenditure.
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It is not only a matter for leisurely planning but for direct initiative anddirectexpenditure.
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Directexpenditure, excluding overheads, for the deregulation task force and the deregulation unit for 1995–96 was £14,700 and £1,480,600 respectively.
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I agree that this is notdirectexpenditure.
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Directexpenditureon projects has increased from about £30,000 in 1959–60 to almost £60,000 in 1962–63.
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