expenditures

plural of expenditure
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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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Recent Examples of expenditures While base compensation applies to a team’s salary cap for the year it’s earned, signing bonuses and other one-time expenditures can be prorated, often for up to five years. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Mar. 2025 The tariff actions by themselves will be met first with a contraction in real incomes, which will translate into declining consumer expenditures, which represent nearly 70 percent of GDP. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025 The company does not anticipate any significant environmental impact from its operations and expects no material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025 The short-term outlook remains robust, as tech giants such as Google and Microsoft are increasing capital expenditures for 2025 to expand their AI cloud infrastructures. Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 The company plans to invest between $250 million and $270 million in capital expenditures in 2025, focusing on real estate and technology enhancements. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025 Hence, consumers are saving more to pay off that debt and pulling back on expenditures. Seema Mody, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025 The decrease was mainly due to cash used in operating activities and capital expenditures. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2025 Surely wasteful expenditures exist and efficiencies can be identified, but wholesale seizures of funds are dubious and fuel troubling uncertainty. Josiah H. Brown, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditures
Noun
  • Southwest blamed rising fuel prices, which account for a significant portion of operating expenses, for its decision to cut back offerings.
    Marisa Elrick, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The expenses are high because 436 state employees currently care for the fragile elderly in a setting where the caregiver-to-resident ratio is more than 4 to 1.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
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  • There are a few ways parents can use AI to support their parenting efforts, according to Professor Xu—the first is by using AI as a source of information.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Both efforts ultimately failed to meet the 60% voter approval for passage.
    Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025

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“Expenditures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditures. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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