reduced expenditure

collocation in English

meaningsofdepletedandexpenditure

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depleted
adjective
uk
/dɪˈpliː.tɪd/us
/dɪˈpliː.t̬ɪd/
reduced:
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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 ofdepletedandexpenditurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A 25% copayment introduced in 1992 has notreducedexpenditure, since doctors and pharmacists have found ways to return the added cost to the consumer.
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Deprivation manifested itself inreducedexpenditureon bread, potatoes, meat and bacon, and an increased expenditure on tea, coffee, sugar and treacle and some dairy products.
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According to my information, this will probably take the form ofreducedexpenditureon replacement equipment, rather than curtailment of expansion plans.
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My county council has genuinely attempted to comply with thereducedexpenditurethat has been thrust on it.
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One of the ways in whichreducedexpenditureon agriculture could well be reallocated is via the social and regional fund.
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If the subsidy were reduced to directly reflect thereducedexpenditureon fuel and power there would, on average, be no net gain or loss.
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They talk of the importance of skills; they deliverreducedexpenditureon employment training.
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In the current year we have already restored £100 million worth of thatreducedexpenditure.
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I do not hesitate to put in the forefront of steps which are necessary,reducedexpenditureand reduced taxation.
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We said that there were two possibilities£eitherreducedexpenditureor increased taxation.
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We can maintain that position only by largelyreducedexpenditure, on the one hand, and by further reductions of taxation on the other hand.
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Although industries have a very limited voting power, they have constantly exerted a very valuable pressure in favour ofreducedexpenditureby local authorities.
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Many local authority cuts are rational decisions, given thereducedexpenditureavailable to them.
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Arrears of road maintenance on trunk and classified roads alone are estimated at £90 million, due to the greatlyreducedexpendituresince 1939.
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He hasreducedexpenditureover a period of years.
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It was convenient to them because their alternative formula cut benefit increases and substantiallyreducedexpenditure.
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The standard of road maintenance will be the poorest we have ever seen, withreducedexpenditureon road maintenance since 1997.
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Some local authorities could have expectedreducedexpenditureto bring back some of the extra grant that they have lost.
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The total allocation for this year of £5·1 million is subject to thereducedexpenditureforecasts which we have asked local authorities to provide.
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Let them say boldly that we are spending too much, that, in other words, we havereducedexpendituretoo little from the high peak.
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