expending

Thân thiện

A family is expending their budget on groceries at the supermarket.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of spending money for goods or services: The process or action of using up money to purchase items or acquire services. 2. The act of using up a resource: The action of consuming or depleting something, such as energy, time, or effort.

Usage

This word is a formal noun that refers to the action of spending or consuming. It is often used in economic, financial, or analytical contexts to discuss the outflow of money or the utilization of resources.

Examples

• The expending of public funds requires careful oversight.
• The project's success depends on the efficient expending of both time and capital.
• His report analyzed the expending of energy in manufacturing processes.

Advanced Usage

• Capital expending: This phrase, though less common than "capital expenditure," refers to the act of spending money on acquiring or maintaining fixed assets.
  • The board approved the capital expending necessary for the new factory.

Variants and Related Words

• Expend (verb): To spend or use up (a resource).
  • They will expend great effort to finish on time.
• Expenditure (noun): An amount of money spent; the action of spending funds. (This is a more common synonym).
  • The total expenditure exceeded the budget.

Synonyms

• Spending
• Outlay
• Disbursement
• Consumption

Antonyms

• Saving
• Conservation
• Accumulation

Related Phrases

• Expending of resources: A formal phrase for using up available materials, time, or energy.
  • The expending of resources must be justified.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of spending money for goods or services

Từ đồng nghĩa

• expenditure