an increase in military expenditures
an increase in military expenditure
vast expenditures of time and effort
The energy expenditure was significant.
the expenditure of funds for the new school
The project will require an expenditure of effort on everyone's part.
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adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness;
dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence;
drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail;
force, might, muscle, power, puissance;
attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack;
: an amount of money that is spent on something
: an amount of time, energy, effort, etc., that is used to do something
: the act of spending money
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