Synonyms of expenditures

expenditures

noun

plural of expenditure

1

as in expenses

a payment made in the course of achieving a result

you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expenses
• costs
• outlays
• disbursements
• prices
• charges
• rates
• outgoes
• overheads
• outflows
• tariffs
• tolls
• tabs
• spending moneys
• pocket moneys

2

as in efforts

the active use of energy in producing a result

the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• efforts
• works
• exertions
• pains
• energies
• sweats
• troubles
• labors
• elbow grease
• whiles
• powers
• endeavors
• strains
• muscles
• toils
• forces
• travails
• tries
• attempts
• goes
• drudgeries
• essays
• trials
• grinds
• slogs
• mights
• puissances
• passes
• dints
• stabs
• flings
• shots
• whacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facilities
• eases
• fluencies
• inactions
• inertias
• inactivities
• dormancies
• quiescences
• indolences
• languors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expenditures

That was also the takeaway from Wednesday’s cooler-than-expected August personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge. — Alexa Lomonaco,jeff Nash, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

Even before these changes, a 2026 Mavvrik survey of 396 organizations found that AI expenditures eroded gross margins at about four out of five enterprises for the second consecutive year. — Aruna Veerappan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Barrera has the overwhelming advantage in independent expenditures — spending by outside groups on behalf of political candidates. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Fed officials received positive inflation news on Wednesday, in the form of the Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA) personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index. — Max Rego, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2026

In 2022, independent expenditures from outside committees came largely in the final two months of the campaign. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2026

As part of that proposal, which has not been previously reported, the Ryans agreed to cover half of the eight-figure expenditures that had been incurred to that point to walk away. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Landing a talented guard on a low-cost contract is a significant win for the Sky, whose biggest expenditures this season — Azurá Stevens, Diggins and, to a lesser extent, Carrington — didn’t pay off because of injuries and underperformance. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026