noun · academic
expenditure
/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/ex·PEND·i·ture
Band 7+task1task2
The action of spending funds; the amount of money spent.
Examples
“Public expenditure on education has increased this year.”
“Household expenditures rose due to higher food prices.”
“Reducing unnecessary expenditure is a priority for the new administration.”
Band 8 sentence
“Government expenditure on infrastructure projects can stimulate growth, but only if funds are allocated transparently and efficiently.”
Collocations
- public expenditure
- capital expenditure
Word family
expend verbexpenditure noun
Common mistakes
There are many expenditures.→There is a lot of expenditure.
expendature→expenditure
Say it for a higher band
5spending→6expense→7+expenditure
Synonyms
spending
Easily confused
expense
“The expense of the trip was higher than we expected.”
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