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Example sentences for: expenditure

How can you use “expenditure” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In the 1940s a certain man-of-the-people councillor in an Eastern Caribbean island (now independent; it shall remain nameless) could not bear the thought of any kind of expenditure by the local council, apart from that on roads and water-supply, the two services that he had faithfully promised his constituents.
Another possibility is that in long sleepers, reduced energy expenditure due to increased time in bed has a greater impact than reduced food intake.
Conservation expenditure in the developed world is only about a third of what is needed for effective protection of 15% of the earth's terrestrial habitats, an area just large enough to preserve a representative sample of species, habitats, and ecosystems in the medium to long term (Balmford et al.
That example points to an important general principle: Total expenditure is determined by the value of the prize, whether we're talking about presidential campaigns or state lotteries.
The nature of the transfer determines whether the transaction is treated as an expenditure transfer or a non-expenditure transfer.