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EXPENDITURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of consuming something
Synonyms:
consumption; expenditure; using up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("expenditure" is a kind of...):
depletion (the act of decreasing something markedly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expenditure"):
burnup (the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor))
Derivation:
expend (use up, consume fully)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of spending money for goods or services
Synonyms:
expending; expenditure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("expenditure" is a kind of...):
disbursal; disbursement; outlay; spending (the act of spending or disbursing money)
Derivation:
expend (pay out)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Money paid out; an amount spent
Synonyms:
expenditure; outgo; outlay; spending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("expenditure" is a kind of...):
transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expenditure"):
cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)
expense (money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer)
transfer payment (a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services)
Derivation:
expend (pay out)
Context examples:
Two others, penned by the same hand, marked an expenditure scarcely more interesting, in letters, hair-powder, shoe-string, and breeches-ball.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He had misadventures at first, hopelessly burning one pair and buying another, which expenditure again brought nearer the day on which he must put to sea.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Besides measuring weight and waist circumference, the researchers monitored all participants’ insulin and blood sugar levels, resting metabolic rates (energy expenditures while sedentary), and adherence to the whole-grain diets using specialized tests.
(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
The man’s business was a small one, and there was nothing in his house which could account for such elaborate preparations, and such an expenditure as they were at.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The scientists measured the daily energy expenditure of both two- and three-toed sloths, animals that co-exist in the tropical forest canopies of Central and South America.
(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)
Via elevated catecholamine, diethylpropion indirectly elevates leptin levels in the brain, which in turn inhibits production of NPY, a potent stimulator of feeding behavior, thereby preventing the initiation of eating, increasing energy expenditure, and decreasing fat storage.
(Diethylpropion, NCI Thesaurus)
Ion Exchanger Interaction consists of temporary non-covalent binding of a molecule through intermolecular physical forces of attraction with a membrane associated enzyme, or complex, involved in ATP-dependent transmembrane transport of a positively (cation) or negatively (anion) charged atom or radical against a concentration gradient resulting directly from the expenditure of energy.
(Ion Pump Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)
Their two confidential friends, Mr Shepherd, who lived in the neighbouring market town, and Lady Russell, were called to advise them; and both father and daughter seemed to expect that something should be struck out by one or the other to remove their embarrassments and reduce their expenditure, without involving the loss of any indulgence of taste or pride.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Active Transporter Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding of a molecule through intermolecular physical forces of attraction with a protein that, after conformational change, moves a bound substrate across a cell membrane with (symport) or against (antiport) a concentration gradient resulting directly from the expenditure of energy.
(Active Transporter Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)
At the end of each month, the men underwent extensive evaluations, including energy expenditure testing, muscle and fat biopsies, and PET/CT scanning of an area of the neck and upper back region to measure brown fat volume and activity.
(Cool temperature alters human fat and metabolism, NIH)
