significant expenditure

collocation in English

meaningsofsignificantandexpenditure

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significant
adjective
uk
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us
/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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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 ofsignificantandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignificant expenditure

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Before 1990 major pension reform was never a serious topic on the political agenda, despitesignificantexpendituregrowth.
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Finally, there is a strong case forsignificantexpenditureon public information and education, for example by radio, on rural women's legal rights on wages and working conditions.
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It is doubtful whether local authorities will need to incursignificantexpenditurein preparing for the community charge as early as 1988–89.
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There has been nosignificantexpenditureon the negotiation of the selective price restraint scheme.
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Withoutsignificantexpenditureit is not possible to identify how many have been in default for particular periods.
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Nosignificantexpenditurewas expected on party political propoganda and for party political purposes under the other provisions which govern local authority expenditure.
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It is not possible, withoutsignificantexpenditure, to indicate how many companies have been in default for particular periods.
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There will also besignificantexpendituresavings—up to £750,000 by 1983–84—in fertilising and in the protection of plantations against predators, and so on.
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For the moment it is quite safe, but that will be decreasingly the case withoutsignificantexpenditureon an overhaul.
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Therefore, if there was anysignificantexpenditureit would be illegal for it to go forward.
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The council submits thatsignificantexpenditureis necessary to upgrade all existing substandard pipework.
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Sometimes, that involvessignificantexpenditure; sometimes, it requires less expenditure but over a longer period, which drains the pot.
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I am not aware of anysignificantexpenditureon this site by other public agencies.
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But even he was prepared to accept that somesignificantexpenditurewas involved.
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The constituent parts of the employment department group withsignificantexpenditureon information technology each have their own steering committee.
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It is not anticipated that there will besignificantexpenditurein the current year.
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These do not, of themselves, necessarily involve anysignificantexpenditureof time and money.
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They requiresignificantexpenditureonly when the risk justifies it.
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We consider them to be ones that would involvesignificantexpenditureof taxpayers' money or otherwise have an impact on the local community.
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We do not envisage anysignificantexpenditureof that kind.
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