ex‧pen‧di‧ture W2 / ɪkspendɪtʃə $ -ər / 名词
1 [可数和不可数名词] 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 [不可数名词] the action of spending or using time, money, energy etc :
the expenditure of time and money on your house or garden
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.
动词
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.
短语
an increase/rise in expenditure The government has an 名词 ced 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.
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. | There has been a huge increase in government spending. | 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. | military expenditure | 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? | 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. | 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.