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expenditure
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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noun ADJ. considerable, heavy, high, huge, major, massive The group is calling for higher expenditure on education. | low, modest | average the family's average expenditure on food | aggregate, overall, total | gross, net | additional, extra, further | increased | excessive | necessary, unnecessary | budget, budgeted, estimated, planned, projected, proposed | actual The next two items refer to actual expenditures incurred, rather than estimated needs. | current, future Pay constitutes two-thirds of all current expenditure. | annual | per capita the country with the highest per capita expenditure on health care in the EU | direct the total direct expenditure on training | operating | capital Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not. | local, national | federal, government, public, state Public expenditure was running at 44.6% of GNP. | departmental, household, personal | consumer | advertising, research and development | defence, health, military, social, welfare QUANT. item You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure. | level VERB + EXPENDITURE increase | control, curb, cut, limit, reduce plans to cut health expenditure | allow for, budget, provide for, plan, set The budget provided for expenditure of $2 billion. Expenditure was set at £16 million. | estimate, project, put Expenditure was put at 100 million euros. | incur | finance, meet Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure. | have Both brands had heavy advertising expenditure. | monitor EXPENDITURE + VERB go up, grow, increase, rise | fall, go down | amount to sth Total expenditure amounted to approximately £1 million. | run at sth | exceed sth people whose annual expenditure exceeds their income | arise from sth extra expenditure arising from the commission's report into health and safety EXPENDITURE + NOUN cut public expenditure cuts | level | pattern PREP. ~ of government expenditure of more than £500 million | ~ on increased expenditure on the railway network PHRASES a cut/reduction in expenditure, an increase/a rise in expenditure
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