单词
government expenditure
释义
government expenditurenoun[U]GOVERNMENT,ECONOMICSuk
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(alsopublic expenditure)theamountagovernmentspendsin aparticularperiod:Governmentexpenditureshelpedtopreservelargeareasofnaturalland.massivecutsingovernmentexpendituregovernment expenditure on sthGovernmentexpenditureonhealthcontinuestoincrease.See alsopublic spending(Definition ofgovernment expenditurefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgovernment expenditure
government expenditureGovernmentexpenditureon school supplies and equipment are minimal.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He supported initiatives related to lower taxes, limitedgovernmentexpenditure, improved public schools, public safety, and welfare reform.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other forms ofgovernmentexpenditurewhich represent purchases of goods and services also have the effect of changing the income distribution.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By 197071, defence spending comprised a whopping 55.66% ofgovernmentexpenditure.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He was instrumental in securinggovernmentexpenditure, and also personally oversaw the selection of a site and directed the design process.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Throughout his first year in office, unemployment continued to rise and with itgovernmentexpenditureon welfare.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He lists examples of wastefulgovernmentexpenditurethat he will refer to in a humorous vein in his speech if his grant is not increased.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He knew that its abolition depended on a considerable retrenchment ingovernmentexpenditure.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The economy was still healthy in late 1982, due togovernmentexpenditureon large development programmes.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These tax bases, however, was too narrow to cover the growth ingovernmentexpenditureat the end of the 19th century.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/government-expenditure##
