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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Never mind that for SpaceX, AI does little but burn money, accounting for $12.7 billion of its $20.7 billion in capital expenditures last year while losing $6.36 billion on $3.2 billion in revenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Our research shows that companies with more cheap stock options invested less in capital expenditures and research and development after going public.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Sharon AI is burning through cash, with Manning telling investors last month that it was making about $39 million worth of capital expenditures for each megawatt of capacity.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The huge capital expenditures in artificial intelligence that are powering the data-center boom are flowing through to the adjacent infrastructure sectors of energy or utilities.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Adjusting for inflation, these figures reflect a tripling of justice expenditures since 1982.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander