expenditures

noun

plural of expenditure
1
as in expenses
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 efforts
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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Recent Examples of expenditures Between Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta, over $720 billion of capital expenditures is projected to be spent this year, most of it on AI infrastructure, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 But the attorney general said the expenditures have been worth it, salvaging billions in state funding that the administration had sought to claw back, and protecting the rights of the state and its residents. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Most of the expenditures — about $780,000 — went to the consulting media firm Big Tuesday Media. — Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026 Finance reports for Dewar’s 2026 campaign did now show any contributions or expenditures as of Tuesday. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 One other data point the FOMC received since its last meeting was the latest personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, its preferred measure of inflation. — Max Rego, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026 Wall Street analysts estimate total AI capital expenditures could climb above $1 trillion in 2027 and total in excess of $5 trillion by 2030. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Saudi Arabia’s annual budget for 2026 listed $83 billion for military expenditures. — NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 The arrival of Netflix in many regions, including South Korea and areas of Africa, has been a watershed moment that helped turbocharge local production infrastructure, jobs and expenditures. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditures
  1. expenses
  2. efforts
  3. costs
  4. works
Noun
  • Non-interest expenses came in below expectations, which is encouraging, but the $112 million beat versus the FactSet consensus didn't make up for all of the top-line softness.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The complaint accuses Love Renaissance of improperly diverting money from Walker’s touring, recording, marketing, and merchandising budgets, while charging excessive company expenses to those accounts in bad faith.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of expenses
Noun
  • The force, which rose to a peak of about 5,000 troops over the summer, has supported arrest operations, patrolled city streets and neighborhoods, and participated in cleanup efforts.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The coffee shop is going to be the training ground for the organization’s new Latte Life Academy, which will be part of the nonprofit’s workforce training efforts.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of efforts
Noun
  • That flexibility, whether enabled by SSTs or other controls, could lower costs and speed up grid connections.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Anger about rising inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of costs
Noun
  • Keynesianism gets a brain freeze John Maynard Keynes is basically the father of macroeconomics, the study of how the entire economy works, including what the government can do to fight recessions, boost employment, and control inflation.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Several works confront the digital systems shaping contemporary life, subverting algorithms and finding room for human error and agency.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of works

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“Expenditures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditures. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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