expenditure

美 [ɪkˈspendɪtʃər]英 [ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)]
  • n.支出;开支;费用;消费;(精力、时间、材料等的)耗费,消耗;花费

复数: expenditures

expend v.花费 + -iture 状态,行为

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expenditureexpenditure

noun

1

花费;消费;费用;开支
the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent

a reduction in public/government/military expenditure

公共 / 政府 / 军费开支的削减

plans to increase expenditure on health

增加医疗保健开支的计划

The budget provided for a total expenditure of £27 billion.

预算案规定支出总额为270亿英镑。

2

(精力、时间、材料等的)耗费,消耗
the use of energy, time, materials, etc.

the expenditure of emotion

感情耗费

This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.

这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。

These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.以上各词均指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费。

the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business指成本:

labour/production costs

人工 / 生产成本

rising costs

正在上涨的成本

the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization尤指政府或机构的开支、支出、花销:

public spending

公共开支

More spending on health was promised.

已承诺增加医疗开支。

( rather formal ) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费:

expenditure on education

教育费用

money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working which your employer will pay back to you later指个人或机构必需的开支、花费或报销的费用:

legal expenses

律师费

travel expenses

差旅费

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指必要的开支、费用:

The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.

最好的设备花费大,但这种开支很值得。

( BrE ) the regular costs that a person or business has, such as rent and electricity指个人或企业的经常性费用或开支,如房租、电费等

expenditure

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 花费;开销;支出
    Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.

    Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure...

    减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。

  • 2
    N-UNCOUNT (时间、精力等的)消耗,花费
    Expenditure of something such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose.

    The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.

    经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

noun

1
the act of consuming something
Synonym: consumption using up
2
the act of spending money for goods or services
Synonym: expending
3
money paid out;an amount spent
Synonym: outgo spending outlay

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  1. A change in the money supply brings a corresponding change in expenditure .

    货币供应量的改变随即引起支出的相应改变。

  2. The budget provided for a total expenditure of £ 27 billion .

    预算案规定支出总额为270亿英镑。

  3. This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort .

    这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。

  4. Educational expenditure is often expressed in terms of the amount spent per student .

    教育经费通常以用于每个学生的开支表示。

  5. Righting the economy will demand major cuts in expenditure .

    恢复经济需要大量削减开支。

  6. Capital expenditure was treble the 2002 level .

    资本支出是2002年的三倍。

  7. Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure

    减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。

  8. The policy tried to check the exponential growth of public expenditure .

    该政策试图控制公共开支的迅猛增长。

  9. For the economy to be in equilibrium , income must equal expenditure .

    经济要达到平衡,收支必须均衡。

  10. The state does not collect enough revenue to cover its expenditure

    该国政府入不敷出。

  11. He balanced his budgets by rigid control over public expenditure .

    他通过严格控制公共开支保持预算平衡。

  12. One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure .

    这些改革的目的之一就是以最低成本实现有效的防御。

  13. They will be concerned to cut back expenditure on unnecessary items

    他们将会考虑削减不必要的开销。

  14. He is rigorous in his control of expenditure .

    他对支出控制得非常严格。

  15. Record every expenditure you make .

    记下你的每一笔花销。

  16. Expenditure this year should be just under 15 billion pounds .

    今年的支出应正好低于150亿英镑。

  17. I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures

    我应该指出,这些估算仅包括医院的费用。

  18. It is questionable whether the expenditure on this project is really justified

    该项目的开支是否真的合理还未可知。

  19. Expenditure on education has gone up by seven point eight per cent over and above inflation

    扣除通货膨胀因素,教育支出实际增长了7.8%。

  20. An expenditure for clothing will qualify as a trade or business expense .

    服装费将可算作贸易或商务开支。

  21. Government expenditures absorbed nearly three-fourths of the national income .

    政府开支耗费了将近3/4的国民收入。

  22. Government expenditure is financed by taxation and by borrowing .

    政府开支依靠征税款和借贷来维持。

  23. The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort .

    经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

  24. Expenditure on health in most of these countries has gone down , and the same is true for education .

    这些国家的医疗支出大多已经下降,教育支出也是如此。

  25. Public expenditure was being stretched to the limit by having to support 3 million unemployed people .

    因为要救济300万失业人口,公共支出即将被耗尽。

  26. The main lines of the plan were a reduction in expenditure and the rationalization of government controls .

    该计划的主要内容是支出的缩减和政府控制的合理化改革。

  27. They should cut their expenditure on defence

    他们应该缩减国防开支。

  28. Money was plentiful , and rarely did anyone seem very bothered about levels of expenditure

    有足够的钱,似乎很难见到有人为花费而烦心。

  29. In times of financial stringency it is clear that public expenditure has to be closely scrutinized .

    财政紧缩时期,无疑要对公共支出进行严格审查。

  30. The poor are taking advantage of this edict to marry off their daughters without enormous expenditure while they can

    穷人们利用这个法令,尽量不花费巨额开销就把女儿嫁出去。