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

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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

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Recent Examples of expenditures According to the district’s chief business officer Gerardo Castillo, Sac City Unified’s initial report included only its 2025-26 expenditures and left out spending from 2024-25. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 However, skeptics are getting more vocal in their concerns that returns on AI investment won't justify the capital expenditures. — Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 The office’s software, too, is ill-equipped to track independent expenditures for initiatives or constitutional amendments. — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 22 Oct. 2026 Under city rules, expenditures exceeding $25,000 or involving a recurring vendor require council approval. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Between Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta, over $720 billion of capital expenditures is projected to be spent this year, most of it on AI infrastructure, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Finance reports for Dewar’s 2026 campaign did now show any contributions or expenditures as of Tuesday. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 One other data point the FOMC received since its last meeting was the latest personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, its preferred measure of inflation. — Max Rego, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 Saudi Arabia’s annual budget for 2026 listed $83 billion for military expenditures. — NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
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  1. expenses
  2. efforts
  3. costs
  4. works
Noun
  • Viewed this way, protections such as immutable backups and isolated backup networks, often cut for budget reasons, look less like expenses and more like insurance against days of downtime.
    — Michael Wu, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • If a governor does not opt in, that state's taxpayers can still make donations to SGOs and receive the tax credit, but families in that state won't qualify for scholarships or vouchers to pay for educational expenses.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of expenses
Noun
  • The Max 10's certification represents another milestone in Boeing's efforts to restore its reputation and financial footing after years of safety, quality and production challenges.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But complicating the government's efforts to bring the French deficit under control are widespread protests that have turned increasingly violent since starting as a Parisian student movement last month.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Anger about rising inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of costs
Noun
  • Under a contributory infringement claim, all authors need to prove is that Meta facilitated transfers of their works.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To sign off, Danchig-Waring didn’t just curate a matinee program with needle-moving classics alongside 21st-century works that reflect his love of process.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Expenditures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditures. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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