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as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything
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as in effort
the active use of energy in producing a result
the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest
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Recent Examples of expenditure
For an athlete, the largely unseen work of practice consumes an immense amount of time and solely exists to support the event of competitive performance, the visible and quantifiable expenditure of skill.
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Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025
There’s always the chance that advertising expenditures will recover.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
In many cases, fired employees were rehired, adding administrative costs to an effort aimed at cutting expenditures.
—Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Studies have shown that higher-protein diets improve body composition and overall energy expenditure, resulting in weight loss and maintenance.2
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—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 29 May 2025
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Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025
There’s always the chance that advertising expenditures will recover.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
In many cases, fired employees were rehired, adding administrative costs to an effort aimed at cutting expenditures.
—Thomas Beaumont, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Studies have shown that higher-protein diets improve body composition and overall energy expenditure, resulting in weight loss and maintenance.2
2.
—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 29 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for expenditure
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditure
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Telefilm’s National Marketing Program covers up to 75% of promotional expenses for funded projects.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Families can order caskets and urns with next-day delivery, create obituaries with features like memory sharing, service details, and direct donations to charity or the bereaved family to help cover funeral expenses.—
Paul Klein,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Those short-term staff make up the highest proportion of FEMA employees, about 40%, and are a pillar of the agency's on-the-ground response efforts.—
Leah Douglas,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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President Trump’s 2026 budget would freeze spending for many services for older adults, deeply cut others, continue his efforts to slash government staffing for key programs, and abolish a critical federal office that manages many of those initiatives.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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In 2008, the world learnt the cost of financial opacity the hard way.—
Jemma Green,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 June 2025
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There’s a deep yearning and caring at work here that is the film’s idiosyncratic strength, but also may be its weakness, plausibility-wise.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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The House narrowly voted Thursday to cut about $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress as President Donald Trump's administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 June 2025
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“Expenditure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditure. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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