state expenditure
noun[U]
GOVERNMENT,FINANCEukustheamountthat thegovernmentspendsintotalor on aparticularthing:
Hearguesthatreducingstateexpenditurewouldforcemorepeopleintoenterprise.
During the pastdecade,stateexpenditureonprisonshasrisenbynearlya third.
in the US, theamountthat astatespendsintotalor on aparticularthing:
Thecurrentstateexpenditureis $6,686perstudent.