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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170

expenditure

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Related topics: Economics
ex·pen·di·ture /ɪkˈspendɪtʃə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun  
1  PE[countableC, uncountableU]SPEND MONEY the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time 开支(额)，支出(额) → income
expenditure on
 expenditure on research and development
研发开支
 huge cuts in public expenditure (=the amount of money a government spends on services for the public)
大幅度削减公共开支
 government expenditure on education
政府的教育开支
 capital expenditure (=spending by a company on buildings, machinery, equipment etc)
〔公司的〕资本开支
expenditure of
 an expenditure of £1 million
100万英镑的支出额
2  [uncountableU]SPEND MONEYSPEND TIME the action of spending or using time, money, energy etc 〔时间、金钱、精力等的〕耗费，花费
 the expenditure of time and money on your house or garden
你在房子或花园上所花费的时间和金钱
n 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.
Examples from the Corpus
expenditure• He and the Pentagon continued to call for very high levels of defense expenditure.• Even the enthusiasts for fundholding realised that the lid was sinking on health expenditure.• The biggest items of expenditure would probably be printing an election address and preparing a party political broadcast.• One is to say that substantial expansion is simply not possible, given planned expenditure levels.• The idea was then to introduce greater rationality to the public expenditure process.• The lack of enthusiasm for social expenditure in the Treasury produced a remarkable lack of foresight in such matters.• This attempted to establish uniform expenditure targets that, if substantially exceeded, would initiate penalties.• The new regulations will require unnecessary expenditure of time and money.
expenditure on• The state's expenditure on welfare programs went down by 5% last year.
From Longman Business Dictionary
expenditureex·pen·di·ture /ɪkˈspendɪtʃə-ər/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]
the total amount of money that a government, organization, or person spends during a particular period of time
An advertiser rarely knows what its return on investment in advertising expenditure is.
expenditure on
a 58% increase in expenditure on books and teaching materials
→ capital expenditure → consumption expenditures → government expenditure → marketing expenditure → public expenditure → state expenditure
ex·pen·di·ture noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170
expenditure

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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
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170
expenditure noun
⇨ costs
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1658 COCA: 5170
expenditure
Unspecified amounts of money: amount, appropriation, a price on someone's head...
Use of something: user, use, application...

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