- 1the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent a reduction in public/government/military expenditure plans to increase expenditure on health The budget provided for a total expenditure of $27 billion. the growing gap between income and expenditure Thesauruscosts
- spending
- expenditure
- expenses
- overhead (costs)
- outlay
- costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:labor/production costs rising costs
- spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:public spending The governor promised more spending on public health programs.
- expenditure (somewhat formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization, or a person:expenditure on education
- expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working, that your employer will pay back to you later:legal expenses travel expenses
- overhead (costs) the regular costs of running a business or organization, such as rent, electricity, and wages:High overhead means small profit margins.
- outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce/bring down costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overhead (costs)/the outlay
- 2(formal) the use of energy, time, materials, etc. the expenditure of emotion This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort. compare income
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