1. 花費;開(kāi)銷(xiāo);支出 Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something.
e.g. Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure... 減稅政策必然導致公共支出的削減。 e.g. They should cut their expenditure on defence... 他們應該縮減國防開(kāi)支。
2. (時(shí)間、精力等的)消耗,花費 Expenditure of something such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose.
expenditure
e.g. The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort. 經(jīng)濟上的回報證明付出的努力是值得的。
expenditure英英釋義
noun
1. the act of consuming something
Synonym: consumptionusing up
2. the act of spending money for goods or services