ex ‧ pen ‧ di ‧ ture W2 /ɪkˈspendɪtʃə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , expenses; verb : ↑ expend ; adverb : ↑ expensively ≠ ↑ inexpensively ; adjective : ↑ expensive ≠ ↑ inexpensive ]
1 . [uncountable and countable] the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time ⇨ income
expenditure on
expenditure on research and development
huge cuts in public expenditure (=the amount of money a government spends on services for the public)
government expenditure on education
capital expenditure (=spending by a company on buildings, machinery, equipment etc)
expenditure of
an expenditure of £1 million
2 . [uncountable] the action of spending or using time, money, energy etc:
the expenditure of time and money on your house or garden
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COLLOCATIONS
■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + expenditure
▪ public/government/state expenditure (=money a government spends on the services it provides for people)
The Conservatives want to maintain a firm control on public expenditure.
▪ national/local expenditure (=money spent by national or local government)
There have been cuts in local expenditure on education.
▪ military/defence expenditure (=money that a government spends on the armed forces)
Military expenditure has been growing year on year.
▪ health/welfare/education expenditure (=money that a government spends on providing health services, welfare, or education)
There has been a steady rise in welfare expenditure.
▪ household expenditure (=the amount of money the people in a house spend on food, heating etc)
Sally cut her household expenditure and tried to save every penny she could.
▪ total/overall expenditure
The company's total expenditure rose by 19%.
▪ additional/extra expenditure
Businesses have been forced to pass on the additional expenditure to customers.
▪ capital expenditure (=money that a company spends on buildings, machinery etc)
Capital expenditure on IT equipment will come from a different budget.
▪ gross/net expenditure (=the total amount a company spends before/after any tax or costs have been taken away)
Spending on research and development represents 13% of our gross expenditure.
■ verbs
▪ increase expenditure
The company plans to increase capital expenditure by 20% this financial year.
▪ cut/reduce expenditure
Their policies are designed to cut public expenditure.
▪ expenditure rises
As public expenditure has risen, so have taxes.
▪ expenditure falls
Government expenditure on scientific research has fallen in the last few years.
■ phrases
▪ an increase/rise in expenditure
The government has announced a planned 4.4% increase in public expenditure.
▪ a cut/reduction in expenditure
There has been a marked reduction in expenditure on some social and welfare services.
▪ an item of expenditure (=something a government or person spends money on)
Housing is the biggest single item of expenditure in the budgets of most households.
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THESAURUS
▪ spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or other organization:
Company spending on staff benefits has been cut dramatically in recent years.
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There has been a huge increase in government spending.
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military spending
▪ expenditure formal the amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time – used especially in official documents or reports:
British defence expenditure was consistently high during this period.
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military expenditure
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Expenditure on advertising has gone down.
▪ costs the money that a person or organization has to spend on heating, rent, wages etc:
What are your annual fuel costs?
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Falling sales have forced companies to cut costs.
▪ expenses the money that you spend on things that you need, for example on food, rent, and travel:
Living expenses are much higher in New York.
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I kept a record of all my travel expenses so that I could claim them back.
▪ outgoings the money that someone has to spend regularly on rent, bills, food etc for their home or business:
The outgoings on a house this size are very high.
▪ outlay the amount of money that someone must spend when they first start a new business or activity:
The intial outlay on machinery was quite high.
▪ overheads British English , overhead American English the money that a business spends regularly on rent, insurance, and other things that are needed to keep the business operating:
In London, small businesses often have high overheads.