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outgoes

noun

plural of outgo
1
as in expenses
a payment made in the course of achieving a result last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin

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2
as in departures
the act of leaving a place the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgoes
  1. expenses
  2. departures
  3. costs
  4. goings
  5. expenditures
  6. leaves
  7. withdrawals
Noun
  • Lighter planes consume less jet fuel, which directly cuts carbon emissions and operating expenses for commercial airlines.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • For a small business, those gaps can affect when revenue is available for payroll, inventory, suppliers, contractors, and other expenses.
    — Karen Koehler, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of expenses
Noun
  • Hacegaba cited numerous factors including the recent transit restrictions at the Panama Canal, which are expected to shift more containers to West Coast ports, alongside weather conditions in Asia that delayed vessel departures.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This is when island travelers have the fullest choice of hotels and ferry departures.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of departures
Noun
  • Room for Disagreement For Oman, Qatar, and Pakistan, these economic and security costs may add urgency in their push to press all sides to a resolution.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-year Treasury’s yield affects long-term borrowing costs, among them mortgage rates, which this month topped 7% for the first time in more than a year.
    — Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of costs
Noun
  • An array of pillars, permanent marks, the imposing Napoleonic-era Spitbank Fort, as well as the comings-and-goings of ferries and even the hovercraft going back and forth between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
  • This is somebody who knew intimately the goings on in my family tax and estate planning entities.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of goings
Noun
  • In 2011, Kobach was fined $5,000 by the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission — KPDC’s precursor — for inaccurately reporting more than $75,000 in contributions and expenditures during the 2010 election.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While Medicaid expenditures are increasing across the country, Ferrandino says Colorado is spending more of its General Fund on Medicaid -- specifically long-term care -- than all but five other states.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of expenditures
Noun
  • The manager ran to a small Asian market in search of more banana leaves.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Keep the cuttings in a shady site until leaves start to form, and then they can then be gradually moved into a full-sun location.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaves
Noun
  • Average grades in preparatory math, precalculus and calculus across UC continue their five-year decline, while D and F grades, no-pass marks and withdrawals in those courses have gone up.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The first withdrawals from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund are expected in 2054.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of withdrawals
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“Outgoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoes. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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