expenditure

noun

1. the act of consuming something

Synonym: consumptionusing up

2. the act of spending money for goods or services

Synonym: expending

3. money paid out
an amount spent

Synonym: outgospendingoutlay

1. 花费;开销;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...
减税政策必然导致公共支出的削减。
e.g. They should cut their expenditure on defence...
他们应该缩减国防开支。

2. （时间、精力等的）消耗，花费
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.
经济上的回报证明付出的努力是值得的。

1. 支出：同样无法理解强大的意甲罗马队建立的罗马王朝,一世而终. 为了解决这些问题,我们需要将所有的财务指标进行更细致的划分,而EA公司发布的TCM系列正是做到了这一点. 收入(Income)------------------支出(Expenditure)

2. 消费：对反生产这个概念的理解离不开巴塔耶(Bataille)的消费(expenditure)概念. 巴塔耶认为,社会不是围绕需求以及符合需求的使用价值的生产来组织自身的,相反,社会组织总是建立在过剩消费之上的,并且生产活动是从这种消费中追寻它的意义和目的的.