Expenditure

  • 11expenditure — ex|pen|di|ture [ ık spendıtʃər ] noun FORMAL ** 1. ) count or uncount money spent by a government, organization, or person: SPENDING: Expenditure should ideally not exceed income. government/public expenditure capital expenditure expenditure on:… …

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  • 12expenditure — [[t]ɪkspe̱ndɪtʃə(r)[/t]] expenditures 1) N VAR Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something. [FORMAL] Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure... They should cut their… …

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  • 13Expenditure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Expenditure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 expenditure expenditure money going out Sgm: N 1 out goings out goings out lay Sgm: N 1 expenses expenses disbursement Sgm: N 1 prime cost prime cost &c.(price) 812 …

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  • 14expenditure — The costs or expenses incurred by an organization. They may be capital expenditure or revenue expenditure. Although expenditure is usually incurred by an outlay of money, expenditure may also arise in accounting by the acknowledgment of a… …

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  • 15expenditure — The costs or expenses incurred by an organization. They may be capital expenditure or revenue expenditure Although expenditure is usually incurred by an outlay of money, expenditure may also arise in accounting by the acknowledgement of a… …

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  • 16expenditure — n. 1) to curb, curtail, cut down (on), reduce expenditures 2) a capital expenditure 3) an expenditure for * * * [ɪk spendɪtʃə] curtail reduce expenditures cut down (on) a capital expenditure an expenditure for to curb …

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  • 17expenditure — noun 1 (C, U) the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time: welfare expenditures (+ on): The total expenditure on defence has dropped since 1989. | public expenditure (=the amount… …

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  • 18expenditure — noun 1) the expenditure of funds Syn: spending, paying out, outlay, use, disbursement, doling out, waste, wasting, frittering (away), dissipation Ant: saving, conservation 2) re …

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  • 19expenditure — *Money spent to cover *costs and *expenses. See *capital expenditure and *revenue expenditure …

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  • 20expenditure — /ɪk spendɪtʃə/ noun the amount of money spent ♦ the company’s current expenditure programme the company’s spending according to the current plan ♦ heavy expenditure on equipment spending large sums of money on equipment …

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