expenditures

NOUN

payment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amount consumption cost disbursement expense figure investment outlay output price rate spending value

STRONG

application charge dissipation kickback outgo payoff setback splurge throw tune use valuation waste

WEAK

bottom line cash on barrelhead come to squander

Antonyms

WEAK

savings

Example Sentences

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The fresh inflation data comes from the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, or headline PCE, which is maintained and released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

While there are several different indicators, the two main ones are the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index by the Department of Commerce.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

According to research by Oxford Economics, every $1 decrease in wealth results in a 14-cent decrease in spending as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures index.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

One reason investors closely watch PPI is that it, along with the consumer price index, feeds into the calculation of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Expenditures on public housing have fallen since the 1980s, and the expansion of public rental subsidies came to a halt in the mid-1990s.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich