spending

  • 1spending — spend‧ing [ˈspendɪŋ] noun [uncountable] ACCOUNTING ECONOMICS FINANCE the amount of money spent, especially by a government or organization: • The slump in high street spending could reduce imports. • a rise in …

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  • 2Spending — Spend ing, n. The act of expending; expenditure. [1913 Webster] {Spending money}, money set apart for extra (not necessary) personal expenses; pocket money. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3spending — index outlay, payment (act of paying) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4spending — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ total ▪ There has been an increase in total government spending. ▪ high, low ▪ additional, increased ▪ …

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  • 5spending — spend|ing [ spendıŋ ] noun uncount ** money spent, especially by governments or other large organizations: defense/education/health spending: Aircraft manufacturers have been hit hard by cuts in defense spending. government/public/state spending …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6spending */*/ — UK [ˈspendɪŋ] / US noun [uncountable] a) money that is spent, especially by a government or a large organization government/public/state spending: Its main aim was to control government spending on social programmes. defence/education/health… …

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  • 7spending — 1. расход spending money карманные деньги; деньги на текущие расходы buoyancy of spending оживление потребительских расходов nondefense spending расходы на гражданские нужды post tax spending расходы после вычета налогов construction spending ра …

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  • 8spending — noun 1. the act of spending or disbursing money (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑disbursement, ↑disbursal, ↑outlay • Derivationally related forms: ↑disburse (for: ↑disbursal), ↑ …

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  • 9spending — n. deficit; defense; government spending * * * [ spendɪŋ] defense government spending deficit …

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  • 10spending — spend|ing [ˈspendıŋ] n [U] the amount of money spent, especially by a government or organization government/public/defence etc spending ▪ a plan to increase military spending …

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