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as in expense
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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as in effort
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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Beyond individual preferences, this shift could also benefit cities, which often depend on workday economies to fund their expenditures.
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Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE are increasingly influential in the region and beyond—in 2023, for example, the UAE announced $45 billion in investments in Africa, far surpassing Chinese expenditures there that year.
—Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2024
This results in an arms race in which companies invest to scale and scale to invest—witness the 12-fold expansion in capital expenditures and R&D spending by the six biggest technology companies since 2010, to a total of $410 billion in 2023.
—Michael Birshan, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Large jets are also expected to account for about two-thirds of all expenditures of new business jets in the next five years.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
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Zain Jaffer, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Both Saudi Arabia and the UAE are increasingly influential in the region and beyond—in 2023, for example, the UAE announced $45 billion in investments in Africa, far surpassing Chinese expenditures there that year.
—Sam Winter-Levy, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2024
This results in an arms race in which companies invest to scale and scale to invest—witness the 12-fold expansion in capital expenditures and R&D spending by the six biggest technology companies since 2010, to a total of $410 billion in 2023.
—Michael Birshan, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
Large jets are also expected to account for about two-thirds of all expenditures of new business jets in the next five years.
—Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Expenditure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditure. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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