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单词 expenditure
释义
expenditure
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər/us
/ɪkˈspen.də.tʃɚ/
C2[CorU]
thetotalamountofmoneythat agovernmentorpersonspends:
（政府或个人的）全部开支，花费
It'spartof adrivetocutgovernmentexpenditure.这是削减政府开支的一个举措。
The government'sannualexpenditureonarmshas beenreduced.政府已经削减了年度军费开支。
[U]
theactof using orspendingenergy,time, ormoney:
（精力、时间或钱的）耗费，花费
The expenditure ofeffortonthisprojecthas beenenormous.已经在这项工程上付出了巨大的努力。
More examples
  • We'reprimarilyconcernedwithkeepingexpenditure down.
  • Iproposethat wewaituntil thebudgethas beenannouncedbeforecommittingourselves to any expenditure.
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(Definition ofexpenditurefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

expenditure| American Dictionary

expenditure
noun[C/U]
us
/ɪkˈspen·dɪ·tʃər/
anamountofmoney,time, oreffortthat isspent:
[C]alargeexpenditure offunds
(Definition ofexpenditurefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

expenditure| Business English

expenditure
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/us
[CorU]ECONOMICS,COMMERCE
thetotalamountofmoneythat anorganizationorpersonspends:
reduce/keep down/cut expenditureWe'reprimarilyconcernedwithkeepingexpenditure down.
increaseexpenditure
expenditure on sthWe wereforcedtocutexpenditure on R&D.
advertising/research/IT expenditure
[U]formal
theactof using orspendingenergy,time, ormoney:
the expenditure of sth on sthThe expenditure ofefforton thisprojecthas beenenormous.

See also

capital expenditure
government expenditure
marketing expenditure
public expenditure
state expenditure
(Definition ofexpenditurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpenditure

expenditure
We compared changes in social service expenditures with changes in income maintenance expenditures.
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If growth is the key, then governments may help both growth and the poor by directing their expenditures to infrastructural projects, especially roads and bridges.
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As voting costs rise, per capita broadcasting expenditures should decrease.
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Since 1998, income maintenance expenditures have rapidly increased, and the poverty and inequality reduction effects of these programmes have continuously increased since 1998.
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Statutory and non-statutory welfare constitute the expenditures as a percentage of total labour cost in companies with more than 30 employees.
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Two other examples of court rulings demonstrate how the court has prevented governments from pursuing economic policies that would reduce the size of government expenditures.
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A second limitation is that the housing expenditures approach underplays the role of consumer choice and housing quality as influences on housing expenditures.
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In like manner, this proposal does not provide a remedy to excessive marketing expenditures.
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He lists club and pub going amongst his main expenditures.
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Nearly 250 years ago, the physiocrats' tableau economique portrayed an economy in delicate balance as expenditures and products coursed through the system.
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Excessive sediment loads can lead to high water-treatment costs and large expenditures on culvert, ditch and reservoir maintenance.
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Resources other than financial ones may be mobilised to reach an agreement between interests for reducing expenditures.
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Consequently, in our base year equilibrium private consumption expenditures are fairly low, but this difference is mainly due to health care outlays.
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However, expenditures on consumer services and consumer nondurables grew throughout this period.
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The behavior of real fixed investment and consumer expenditures during this period are quite interesting.
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Collocationswithexpenditure

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actual expenditure
As a way of summarizing the figures we calculate the sum of differences between planned and actual expenditure developments for the entire period 1980-97.
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advertising expenditure
Despite the proliferation of television channels in the 1990s, print continues to dominateadvertisingexpenditure.
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aggregate expenditure
As a result, aggregate expenditure was kept reasonably under control (except for the late 1980s).
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