Collocations for expenditure - noun

considerable, great, heavy, high, huge, large, major, massive, significant
The group is calling for higher expenditure on education.

low, minimum, modest
average
the family's average expenditure on food

aggregate, overall, total
gross, net (both esp. BrE)
additional, extra, further
decreased, increased
excessive
necessary, unnecessary
estimated, planned, projected, proposed
actual
The next two items refer to actual expenditures incurred, rather than estimates.

current, future
Pay constitutes two thirds of all current expenditure.

annual
general
per capita
the country with the highest per capita expenditure on health care in the EU

direct
the total direct expenditure on training

operating
budget
capital
The company reduced capital expenditure on plant and machinery.
Capital expenditure can be financed by borrowing; operating expenditure should not.

financial (esp. AmE)
energy
local, national
federal, government, public, state
Public expenditure was running at 44.6% of GNP.

business, corporate (esp. AmE)
household, independent (AmE,politics), personal, personal-consumption (AmE), private
consumer
advertising, marketing, research, research and development (abbreviated to R & D)
defence/defense, education, health, health-care, medical, military, security, social, tax, welfare, etc.

item
You may wish to take out a loan for a major item of expenditure.

amount
level

make (esp. AmE)
They intended to make capital expenditures for equipment and expansion.

increase
control, cut, limit, minimize, reduce
plans to cut health expenditure

estimate
approve, authorize
monitor
justify
The results justified the expenditure.

incur (esp. BrE)
Mr Davis incurred substantial expenditure on the farmhouse.

involve, require
Malls require huge expenditures on air conditioning.

have
Both brands had heavy advertising expenditure.

finance, fund, meet
Make sure you have enough in the current account to meet expenditure.

go up, grow, increase, rise
fall, go down
amount to sth
Total expenditure amounted to approximately £1 million.

exceed sth
people whose annual expenditure exceeds their income

arise from sth, arise out of sth (esp. BrE)
extra expenditure arising from the commission's report into health and safety

cut
public expenditure cuts

limit
level
pattern

expenditure for
They incurred enormous expenditures for publicity during the launch years.

expenditure of
government expenditure of more than £500 million

expenditure on
increased expenditure on the rail network

a cut in expenditure, a reduction in expenditure
an increase in expenditure, a rise in expenditure