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expenditure Definition

ex·pendi·ture (ek spendi c̸hər, ik-)

noun

  1. the act of expending; a spending or using up of money, time, etc.
  2. the amount of money, time, etc. expended; expense

Etymology: < ML expenditus, irreg. pp. for L expendere + -ure

expenditure Synonyms

expenditure

n.

expenditure Usage Examples

Preposition: of

ammunition: Usually, destruction requires large expenditures of ammunition and is not considered economical, except for nuclear weapons.

Converse of object

  • incur: The Wellcome Trust will not award grants to cover expenditure already incurred.
  • authorize: We would be unlikely to grant an increase in authorized expenditure to do this.
  • qualify: Claims can only be made in respect of the qualifying expenditure detailed above.
  • justify: We thought hard about whether a new look justified the expenditure.
  • authorize: The Poor Law Commissioners authorized the expenditure of £ 2,200 on its construction which to accommodate 120 inmates.
  • approve: In 1838, the Poor Law Commissioners approved an expenditure of £ 2,649 on a workhouse for 100 inmates.

Adjective modifier

  • total: Its total expenditure on research in 2005/06 is £ 1.25 billion.
  • planned: Many of the reports for planned expenditure have been sent to Alastair.
  • annual: Annual public expenditure by the Scottish Executive, for instance, works out at more than £ 500 per second per year!
  • military: Parliamentary scrutiny of military expenditure created no greater degree of unanimity then than it does now.
  • estimated: Over the year, you may find that you have over or under estimated expenditure in some sections.
  • actual: The SSA for flood defense is based on the actual expenditure on the levy in the previous year.

Preposition: on

R&D: The R&D tax credit allows companies to deduct up to 150 % of their expenditure on R&D when calculating their profit for tax purposes.

Noun used with modifier

  • poor-rate: The average annual poor-rate expenditure for the period 1834-6 had been £ 3,782.
  • capital: Capital expenditure must not exceed 20 % of the overall grant awarded.
  • R&D: A substantial, tho declining, share of this pyramiding R&D expenditure is borne by the U.S. military.
  • revenue: We have reflected an increase in revenue expenditure of £ 15 million from 2003/04.
  • calorie: It accounts for 60 to 70 percent of your daily calorie expenditure and it's closely linked to the amount of muscle you have.
  • household: In 2001/2 food bills represented only a sixth of total household expenditure.