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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As for the government’s anti-corruption interest, the court was not convinced that limiting coordinated party expenditures was necessary to curb conduit corruption.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

For those scholars, permitting unlimited coordinated expenditures by parties may help to realize that goal.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Meta plans to devote up to $145 billion toward capital expenditures this year.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Alphabet raised $85 billion in an equity offering earlier in June to fund its upcoming capital expenditures, testing some investors’ nerves.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The directors of the Exposition Company did decide to seek a direct appropriation from Congress, but their request triggered a congressional investigation of the fair’s expenditures.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson