Definition

1. Noun:
   • War expenditure: The money spent by a state or military force to fund a war, including costs for personnel, equipment, logistics, and operations.
   • Cost of war: The financial burden or total monetary outlay required to conduct warfare.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ngân sách quốc gia dành một phần lớn cho chiến phí. (The national budget allocates a large portion to war expenditure.)
  • Chiến phí leo thang đã làm cạn kiệt nền kinh tế. (The escalating cost of war has drained the economy.)
  • Việc tính toán chiến phí chính xác là rất phức tạp. (Accurately calculating war expenditure is very complex.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal, military, historical, or economic contexts when analyzing the financial aspects of conflict. It is a compound noun formed from "chiến" (war) and "phí" (fee, cost).

Variants and Related Words

• Chiến tranh (n): war, warfare.
• Quân phí (n): military expenditure (can be broader, covering peacetime military costs as well).
• Ngân sách quốc phòng (n): defense budget.

Synonyms

• War costs
• Military spending (specific to wartime)
• War funding

Related Concepts

• Gánh nặng chiến phí: The burden of war costs.
  • Gánh nặng chiến phí ảnh hưởng đến nhiều thế hệ. (The burden of war costs affects many generations.)