ex·pend·i·ture

noun

/ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)/

/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/

[uncountable, countable]

the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent花费；消费；费用；开支
- a reduction in public/government/military expenditure公共／政府／军费开支的削减
- plans to increase expenditure on health增加医疗保健开支的计划
- The budget provided for a total expenditure of £27 billion.预算案规定支出总额为 270 亿英镑。
- Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.为了弥补日益扩大的收入和支出之间的差距，人们已经动用了储蓄。
Synonyms costs
costsspending ▪ expenditure ▪ expenses ▪ overheads ▪ outlay These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.
costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:
labour/production costs人工／生产成本
rising costs正在上涨的成本
spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
public spending公共开支
More spending on health was promised.已承诺增加医疗开支。
expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person:
expenditure on education教育支出
expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later:
legal expenses律师费
travel expenses旅费
overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
High overheads mean small profit margins.经费开销大意味着利润低。
outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:
The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。
Patterns
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
Extra Examples
- Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.资本金可以靠借款，而运营费用不行。
- Expenditure was set at £16 million.支出规定为1,600 万英镑。
- Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.确保你的活期存款账户上有足够的钱支付开销。
- Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.购物中心在空调方面开销巨大。
- The budget provided for expenditure of $2 billion.预算中提供了20 亿元的支出。
- The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.该组织呼吁增加在教育方面的开支。
- They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.产品面市那几年，他们在广告上投入了巨资。
- You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.对于巨额的开销，你也许希望寻求贷款。
- plans to cut health expenditure削减医疗保健支出的计划
- the family's average expenditure on food家庭用于食物的平均支出
- Trouble arises when expenditure exceeds income.当支出超过收入时就会出现麻烦。
Topics Businessc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- considerable
- great
- heavy
- …
… of expenditure
- item
- amount
- level
- …
verb + expenditure
- make
- increase
- control
- …
expenditure + verb
- go up
- grow
- increase
- …
expenditure + noun
- cut
- limit
- level
- …
preposition
- expenditure for
- expenditure of
- expenditure on
- …
phrases
- a cut in expenditure
- a reduction in expenditure
- an increase in expenditure
- …
the use of energy, time, materials, etc.（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费，消耗
- the expenditure of emotion感情的消耗
- This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。

compare income

Word Originmid 18th cent.: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor ‘officer in charge of expenditure’, from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’.

单词	expenditure
释义	ex·pend·i·ture noun /ɪkˈspendɪtʃə(r)/ /ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/ [uncountable, countable] the act of spending or using money; an amount of money spent花费；消费；费用；开支 a reduction in public/government/military expenditure公共／政府／军费开支的削减 plans to increase expenditure on health增加医疗保健开支的计划 The budget provided for a total expenditure of £27 billion.预算案规定支出总额为 270 亿英镑。 Savings have been disposed of in order to meet the growing gap between income and expenditure.为了弥补日益扩大的收入和支出之间的差距，人们已经动用了储蓄。 Synonyms costscostsspending ▪ expenditure ▪ expenses ▪ overheads ▪ outlay These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business: labour/production costs人工／生产成本 rising costs正在上涨的成本 spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization: public spending公共开支 More spending on health was promised.已承诺增加医疗开支。 expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person: expenditure on education教育支出 expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later: legal expenses律师费 travel expenses旅费 overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages: High overheads mean small profit margins.经费开销大意味着利润低。 outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later: The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。 Patterns spending/expenditure/outlay on something high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay Extra Examples Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.资本金可以靠借款，而运营费用不行。 Expenditure was set at £16 million.支出规定为1,600 万英镑。 Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.确保你的活期存款账户上有足够的钱支付开销。 Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.购物中心在空调方面开销巨大。 The budget provided for expenditure of $2 billion.预算中提供了20 亿元的支出。 The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.该组织呼吁增加在教育方面的开支。 They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.产品面市那几年，他们在广告上投入了巨资。 You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.对于巨额的开销，你也许希望寻求贷款。 plans to cut health expenditure削减医疗保健支出的计划 the family's average expenditure on food家庭用于食物的平均支出 Trouble arises when expenditure exceeds income.当支出超过收入时就会出现麻烦。 Topics Businessc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective considerable great heavy … … of expenditure item amount level … verb + expenditure make increase control … expenditure + verb go up grow increase … expenditure + noun cut limit level … preposition expenditure for expenditure of expenditure on … phrases a cut in expenditure a reduction in expenditure an increase in expenditure … the use of energy, time, materials, etc.（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费，消耗 the expenditure of emotion感情的消耗 This study represents a major expenditure of time and effort.这项研究意味着要耗费大量的时间和精力。 compare income Word Originmid 18th cent.: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor ‘officer in charge of expenditure’, from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere, from ex- ‘out’ + pendere ‘weigh, pay’.
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