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
  • The district's diesel expenses have exceeded tens of thousands of dollars in extra costs, Deans said, also noting that several of the district's vehicles also run on gasoline.
    — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Please keep in mind that this will be the only gofundme set up going directly to his expenses.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of expenses
Noun
  • These are potentially key traits for Emery this season, given the number of departures this summer, including Morgan Rogers, Lucas Digne, Youri Tielemans and Ezri Konsa.
    — Aston Villa, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Migrant departures from Tunisia have fallen sharply since the European Union and Tunisia signed a sweeping agreement in 2023.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of departures
Noun
  • But while Bessent’s threat could put China front and center, the repercussions could reach across the world – even for American consumers, who could find their own energy costs rising as a result.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The latter has so far had little effect on borrowing costs, with yields climbing back up not long after last week’s announcement.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 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
  • Yet, despite decades of effort and millions in capital expenditures, true end-to-end lineage across a complex enterprise mosaic of custom builds and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products remained an elusive goal.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Traders will also get the latest reading on the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is slated for release next Wednesday.
    — Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of expenditures
Noun
  • True summer lasts only about three months, giving plants a narrow window to grow leaves, produce flowers, get pollinated, and make seeds capable of producing the next generation.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The center also receives waste such as leaves and construction materials and processes them into new products, mainly compost and cattle bedding.
    — Rose Evans August 21, Idaho Statesman, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of leaves
Noun
  • Just 4% of 401(k) plans allow the $1,000 emergency 401(k) withdrawals, according to a recent Vanguard analysis.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s treatment of alliance commitments in Europe and Asia as conditional and transactional changes their essential character even without major troop withdrawals or the use of force against allies.
    — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of withdrawals
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“Outgoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgoes. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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