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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170

expenditure

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
expenditure /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃɚ/ noun
plural expenditures
expenditure
/ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃɚ/
noun
plural expenditures
Learner's definition of EXPENDITURE
formal
1 
a  : an amount of money that is spent on something费用；开支
[count]
[noncount]
b  : an amount of time, energy, effort, etc., that is used to do something（时间、能量、精力等的）消耗量，支出额
[count]
[noncount]
2 
a  [noncount] : the act of spending money投资；花费；消费
b  : the act of using something (such as time or effort) for a particular purpose（时间、精力等的）耗费，消耗
[noncount]
[count]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170

expenditure

noun

ex·​pen·​di·​ture ik-ˈspen-di-chər How to pronounce expenditure (audio)
-də-ˌchu̇r,
-də-ˌt(y)u̇r
1
: the act or process of expending
an expenditure of energy
2
: something expended : disbursement, expense
income should exceed expenditures

Synonyms

Example Sentences

an increase in military expenditures an increase in military expenditure vast expenditures of time and effort The energy expenditure was significant. the expenditure of funds for the new school The project will require an expenditure of effort on everyone's part. See More
Recent Examples on the Web Reports published last week suggest the South Korean memory chipmaker Hylinx is considering whether to slash its 2023 capital expenditure by a third because of softening consumer demand. Wired, 26 July 2022 Tesla said its capital expenditure now is expected to be between $6 billion and $8 billion in each of those years. Will Feuer, WSJ, 25 July 2022 Her friend Jennifer Belcher, 67, has begun going out early in the morning and buying food discounted because it was set to expire soon in order to help Ms. Hutton reduce her grocery expenditure. New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022 On Friday an outside group called Ohio Leads reserved $470,000 in airtime for its first TV expenditure tracked by AdImpact. NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022 Commuting to and from work is a huge expenditure of time and energy. Mark Samuel, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 And it's been the lowest capital expenditure in the last two years, so that didn't drive it. CBS News, 31 July 2022 The attorney general office's spending on radio and television ads in fiscal 2022 is the largest expenditure on these ads in any fiscal year in the past 15 years based on the office's records. Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022 My mother drinks only water in restaurants; any other drink order is an unnecessary expenditure. Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

irregular from expend

First Known Use

1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of expenditure was in 1769
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170
expenditure

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF EXPENDITURE | VERB + EXPENDITURE | EXPENDITURE + VERB | EXPENDITURE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, great, heavy, high, huge, large, major, massive, significant相當可觀的支出；巨大的支出；巨額支出；大規模的開支◇The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.該組織呼籲增加在教育方面的開支。➤low, minimum, modest低花費；最少的支出；適度的開銷➤average平均支出◇the family's average expenditure on food家庭用於食物的平均支出➤aggregate, overall, total合計支出；總支出▸➤gross, net (both especially BrE) 支出總額；淨支出➤additional, extra, further額外的支出；進一步的花費➤decreased, increased減少的支出；增加的支出▸➤excessive過度的支出▸➤necessary, unnecessary必要的／不必要的支出▸➤estimated, planned, projected, proposed預估的／計劃的／預測的／建議的支出▸➤actual實際支出◇The next two items refer to actual expenditures incurred, rather than estimates.下面兩項指實際花銷，而不是估算額。➤current, future當前的支出；未來的支出◇Pay constitutes two thirds of all current expenditure.工資佔目前所有開支的三分之二。➤annual年度開支➤general一般開支▸➤per capita人均支出◇the country with the highest per capita expenditure on health care in the EU歐盟之中人均保健支出最高的國家➤direct直接支出◇the total direct expenditure on training培訓的直接支出總額➤operating運營開支➤budget預算支出▸➤capital資本支出◇The company reduced capital expenditure on plant and machinery.公司減少了廠房和機械方面的資本支出。◇Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.資本金可以靠借款，而運營費用不行。➤financial (especially NAmE) 財政支出➤energy能量消耗▸➤local, national地方支出；國家支出▸➤federal, government, public, state聯邦政府／政府／公共／國家支出◇Public expenditure was running at 44.6% of GNP.公共支出佔國民生產總值的 44.6%。➤business, corporate (especially NAmE) 商業支出；公司開銷▸➤household, independent (NAmE, politics政治) , personal, personal-consumption, private家庭花銷；獨立支出；個人開銷；個人消費支出；私人花費▸➤consumer消費支出▸➤advertising, marketing, research, research and development (abbreviated to R & D) 廣告／營銷／研究／研發支出▸➤defence/defense, education, health, health-care, medical, military, security, social, tax, welfare, etc.國防、教育、健康、醫療保健、醫療、軍事、安全、社會、稅務、福利等支出... OF EXPENDITURE➤item一項支出◇You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.對於巨額的開銷，你也許希望尋求貸款。➤amount支出金額▸➤level支出水平VERB + EXPENDITURE➤make (especially NAmE) 投入開支◇They intended to make capital expenditures for equipment and expansion.他們打算把資本開支用於購買設備和擴大規模。➤increase增加支出▸➤control, cut, limit, minimize, reduce控制開支；削減開支；限制開支；將開支壓縮到最小◇plans to cut health expenditure削減醫療保健支出的計劃➤estimate估計費用➤approve, authorize批准／授權開支▸➤monitor監控開支➤justify證明開支正當◇The results justified the expenditure.結果證明這錢花得值。➤incur (especially BrE) 產生費用◇Mr Davis incurred substantial expenditure on the farmhouse.戴維斯先生為農舍投入了大量的資金。➤involve, require涉及／需要開支◇Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.購物中心在空調方面開銷巨大。➤have有支出◇Both brands had heavy advertising expenditure.兩個品牌都投入了高額的廣告費用。➤finance, fund, meet供給支出；支付費用◇Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.確保你的活期存款賬戶上有足夠的錢支付開銷。EXPENDITURE + VERB➤go up, grow, increase, rise費用上升；支出增加▸➤fall, go down費用減少；支出下降▸➤amount to sth支出達到⋯◇Total expenditure amounted to approximately £1 million.總支出達到約 100 萬英鎊。➤exceed sth支出超過⋯◇people whose annual expenditure exceeds their income年度支出超過收入的人➤arise from sth, arise out of sth (especially BrE) 支出由⋯ 引起◇extra expenditure arising from the commission's report into health and safety委員會關於醫療保健與安全的報告引致的額外支出EXPENDITURE + NOUN➤cut開支削減◇public expenditure cuts公共開支削減➤limit開支限制▸➤level支出水平▸➤pattern支出模式PREPOSITION➤expenditure for為⋯的支出◇They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.產品面市那幾年，他們在廣告上投入了巨資。➤expenditure of⋯的開支◇government expenditure of more than £500 million政府超過 5 億英鎊的開支➤expenditure on用於⋯的支出◇increased expenditure on the rail network用於鐵路網的增加的開支PHRASES➤a cut in expenditure, a reduction in expenditure支出削減／減少▸➤an increase in expenditure, a rise in expenditure支出增加／上升

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