EXPENDITURES Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

expenditures

noun

plural of expenditure

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

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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

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Recent Examples of expenditures But transportation costs are still the second-largest household cost after housing, averaging 17% of expenditures, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. —

Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 For example, between 2014 and 2018, PBMs’ share of insulin expenditures nearly tripled with no overall savings to payers. —

Neeraj Sood, STAT, 30 Mar. 2026 Combined capital expenditures for Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta are expected to exceed $650 billion in 2026, an increase of about 60% from 2025. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026 The Congressional Budget Office projects that over the next decade, SNAP expenditures will fall by about $187 billion; during that time, the program is projected to lose about 4 million clients. —

Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2026 Physician pay doesn’t even crack the top 3 of health care expenditures, much less account for the rising cost of care. —

Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2026 The company’s capital expenditures, including leases, are projected to reach $146 billion in fiscal 2026, which closes at the end of June. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026 Dozens of cuts saving millions of dollars by canceling contracts and expenditures, while opting not to fill vacant positions. —

Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026 Meta is the first to sign on, as the social media company builds out multiple gigawatts of AI data centers and plans to shell out up to $135 billion on capital expenditures this year. —

Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026

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Documents reviewed by the Miami Herald show that only a portion of the funds handled through TourProdEnter can be clearly tied to legitimate AFA expenses.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Bohm’s lawsuit also alleges his parents used money from the Alec Bohm Foundation to pay their expenses.

— Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026