expenditure
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"The thing that I'm most concerned about is the level of day-to-day activity funding, the resource departmental expenditure limit, because that funds operational activity and drives exercises and training," he told peers.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Overall, the guidance was slightly negative from an estimate revisions standpoint, mainly due to capital expenditure coming in slightly higher than expected.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
This was supposed to represent an expenditure of $100 on real capital—land, physical plant, rolling stock and the like.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
To execute on OCI’s growth, Oracle had to put its $32 billion in operating cash flow last year, plus another $24 billion, into capital expenditure.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
In separate statements, the Retrenchment Committee urged the directors to make the committee permanent and invest it with the power to approve or deny every expenditure at the exposition, no matter how small.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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