rate of expenditure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrateandexpenditure
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rate
noun[C]
uk/reɪt/us/reɪt/
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a ...
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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 ofrateandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The only comfort to the administration was that therateofexpendituregrowth had slowed.
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Across the range of sanitary functions 1901-1905 marked the peak of investment after which there was an equally general decline in the annualrateofexpenditureon all functions.
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The currentrateofexpenditureis related to the figure of £225 million for 1966–67 previously announced.
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We are told that therateofexpenditurewas unduly optimistic.
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They have resulted in approximately £350 million at an annualrateofexpenditure.
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But we have found that despite the standstill, therateofexpenditurehas not fallen as fast as we had hoped.
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The futurerateofexpenditurecannot be estimated.
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They have already completed £6½ million worth of expenditure and theirrateofexpenditurefor the past financial year was £3 million.
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It has got to be both spending more than other authorities and to have increased itsrateofexpenditure.
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I do not know whether that will be the approximaterateofexpenditureor not—it may be faster than that.
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That makes a total of £101 million, which would involve an annualrateofexpenditureof £14 million a year.
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The present national income is not big enough to justify either our present rate of taxation or our presentrateofexpenditure.
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The annualrateofexpenditureon roads has risen considerably in recent years and will continue to rise.
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Moreover, there will be an acceleration of therateofexpenditureafter that year if the economic situation permits.
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By 1939 the annualrateofexpenditurewas increasing.
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Therateofexpenditurewill move in this way: 1969–70, £440,000; 1970–71, £690,000; 1971–72, £910,000; 1972–73, £900,000; 1973–74, £510,000.
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A further increase in therateofexpenditurebrought it only just below the new income.
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So that, in fact, there is no resumption of the formerrateofexpenditureon public works.
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Our overseasrateofexpenditureis in the region of £500 million a year.
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The annualrateofexpenditureis £10 million as compared with £9·8 million last year.
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