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

Even with the transfers, the general fund will still have a balance that is 50% of the total operating expenditures, officials said. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2026

The team filed public records requests, scoured government websites, and extracted expenditures, which were then sorted into categories such as treatment or prevention. — Aneri Pattani, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026

Such high debt levels usually lead to some combination of high inflation, soaring interest expenditures, and currency depreciation. — Gordon Liao, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2026

That change allowed Playfly to apply certain NIL expenditures toward its annual rights-fee obligations and to redirect royalties otherwise payable to Nebraska toward NIL activities. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Nov. 2026

The department will separately track Measure FD revenue, create dashboards to monitor all expenditures and provide quarterly reports to the City Council to ensure transparency, Moore said. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026

CoreWeave is targeting $37 billion to $39 billion in full-year capital expenditures, which would imply 155% growth at the middle of the range. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026

Proponents note that the country already spends trillions annually across public programs, private plans, and out-of-pocket expenditures, meaning much of the current private spending would instead shift to the federal balance sheet. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026

For years, New York, like California, had reservations about subsidies for above-the-line expenditures. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2026