spending

noun

/ˈspendɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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the amount of money that is spent by a government, an organization or a person（政府或其他机构的）开支，支出，花销
- to increase/cut/reduce spending增加/削减/减少开支
- The Chancellor was urged to cut taxes to boost consumer spending.财政大臣被敦促减税以刺激消费。
- government/federal spending政府/联邦支出
- defence/military spending国防/军事开支
- spending on something More spending on education was promised.承诺增加教育开支。
- public pressure for increased spending on health and education公众要求增加卫生和教育支出的压力
- He went on a spending spree with his father's credit card.他用父亲的信用卡大肆挥霍。
- The government then had to impose severe spending cuts.政府随后不得不强行大幅削减开支。
- Balancing the budget will mean significant cuts in spending.平衡预算意味着大幅削减开支。
- a spending bill/review支出账单/审查
- spending plans/decisions支出计划/决定
- an increase in spending on the provision of public services公共服务支出的增加
- Other companies are slashing capital spending.其他公司正在削减资本支出。
- the growing spending power of minority groups少数群体日益增长的消费能力
Synonyms costs
costs
- spending
- expenditure
- expenses
- overheads
- outlay
These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.
- costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business:
  labour/production costs人工／生产成本
  rising costs正在上涨的成本
- spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization:
  public spending公共开支
  More spending on health was promised.已承诺增加医疗开支。
- expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person:指政府、机构或个人的开支、支出、花费：
  expenditure on education教育支出
- expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working that your employer will pay back to you later:
  legal expenses律师费
  travel expenses差旅费
- overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or an organization, such as rent, electricity and wages:
  High overheads mean small profit margins.经费开销大意味着利润低。
- outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later:
  The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.最好的设备花费大，但这种开支很值得。
Patterns
- spending/expenditure/outlay on something
- high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads
- total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/outlay
- capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
- household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
- government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
- to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/overheads/the outlay
see also deficit spending , public spending, public spending round
Extra Examples
- A military spending bill is currently being considered in Congress.目前军事支出议案正在国会审议。
- The president wants to increase discretionary spending by 4 per cent.总统希望将可自由支配的支出增加4%。
- The boys went on a two-day spending spree with the stolen credit cards.那些男孩用偷来的信用卡疯狂地挥霍了两天。
- The government will finance its spending through taxes.政府将通过税收为其支出提供资金。
- There has been an increase in total government spending.政府的总开支有所增加。
- Three quarters of all federal spending goes to Social Security.联邦支出总额的四分之三都花在了社会保障上。
- her husband's extravagant spending habits她丈夫奢侈的消费习惯
- This government wants to keep a tight rein on public spending.这个政府想严格控制公共开支。
- Total spending has risen by just 1.3 per cent.总支出仅增长了1.3%。
Topics Moneyb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- total
- high
- low
- …
verb + spending
- boost
- increase
- cut
- …
spending + verb
- rise
- fall
- go to
- …
spending + noun
- level
- plan
- programme/program
- …
preposition
- spending on
phrases
- a cut in spending
- a reduction in spending
- an increase in spending
- …
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