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expenditure

[ik-spen-di-cher] / ɪkˈspɛn dɪ tʃər /


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The Department for Business and Trade would be merged into the new Department for Growth, and a separate Department for Public Expenditure would oversee public spending.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

“A host of corruption allegations in Chinese arms procurement led to major arms contracts being postponed or canceled in 2024,” said Nan Tian, director of the Sipri Military Expenditure and Arms Production Program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Friday’s release of the Personal Consumption Expenditure Index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred metric for inflation, wasn’t quite low enough.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

In the current study, the researchers analyzed data from the 2018-2021 Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys, which are nationally representative of the civilian non-institutionalized U.S. population.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Energy Expenditure in Febrile Conditions.—In febrile conditions the energy expenditures increase as much as twenty-five per cent.

From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.




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