expenditures

NOUN

payment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amount consumption cost disbursement expense figure investment outlay output price rate spending value

STRONG

application charge dissipation kickback outgo payoff setback splurge throw tune use valuation waste

WEAK

bottom line cash on barrelhead come to squander

Antonyms

WEAK

savings

Example Sentences

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The fresh inflation data comes from the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, or headline PCE, which is maintained and released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Personal Consumption Expenditures data—the first major inflation indicator of Kevin Warsh’s term as Federal Reserve chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The Personal Consumption Expenditures index is expected to rise 3.8% in April, with core PCE up 3.3%, the biggest jumps since 2023.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

While there are several different indicators, the two main ones are the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index by the Department of Commerce.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Expenditures on public housing have fallen since the 1980s, and the expansion of public rental subsidies came to a halt in the mid-1990s.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich