Synonyms of expenditures

expenditures

noun

plural of expenditure

1

as in expenses

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expenses
• costs
• outlays
• disbursements
• prices
• charges
• rates
• outgoes
• overheads
• outflows
• tariffs
• tolls
• tabs
• spending moneys
• pocket moneys

2

as in efforts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efforts
• works
• exertions
• pains
• energies
• sweats
• troubles
• labors
• elbow grease
• whiles
• powers
• endeavors
• strains
• muscles
• toils
• forces
• travails
• tries
• attempts
• goes
• drudgeries
• essays
• trials
• grinds
• slogs
• mights
• puissances
• passes
• dints
• stabs
• flings
• shots
• whacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facilities
• eases
• fluencies
• inactions
• inertias
• inactivities
• dormancies
• quiescences
• indolences
• languors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expenditures

Yet, despite decades of effort and millions in capital expenditures, true end-to-end lineage across a complex enterprise mosaic of custom builds and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products remained an elusive goal. — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Traders will also get the latest reading on the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is slated for release next Wednesday. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Revenue from red light camera fines would be required to be reinvested in street safety improvements and could not be used for the city’s general fund expenditures. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Yet the Fed pays more attention to a separate gauge, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which is running hotter than the CPI. — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

The utility’s 2026 expenditures are expected to reach $6 billion, said PUC chairman Eric Blank. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026

Guerra said Bass is likely to maintain an advantage in campaign resources and potentially benefit from independent expenditures. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

At issue might have been higher-than-expected marketing expenditures that rose by 212 million euros for World Cup promotions. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026