samedi 3 mai 2014

Notes on usage: Costs

Spending  -  Expenditure  -  Expenses  -  Overheads  -  Outlay

 

These are all words for money spent by a government, an organization or a person.

 

Costs the total amount of money that needs to be spent by a business: Labour/production costs. | Rising costs.
Spending the amount of money that is spent, especially by a government or an organization: Public spending. | More spending on health was promised.
Expenditure (rather formal) an amount of money spent by a government, an organization or a person: Expenditure on education.
Expenses money that has to be spent by a person or an organization; money that you spend while you are working which your employer will pay back to you later: Legal expenses. | Travel expenses.
Overhead(s) the regular costs of running a business or organization, such as rent, electricity and wages: High overheads mean small profit margins.
Outlay the money that you have to spend in order to start a new business or project, or in order to save yourself money or time later: The best equipment is costly but is well worth the outlay.

 

PATTERNS
*spending/expenditure/outlay on sth
*high/low costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/ overheads
*total costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/ overheads/outlay
*capital costs/spending/expenditure/expenses/outlay
*household costs/spending/expenditure/expenses
*government/public/education/health costs/spending/expenditure
*to increase/reduce costs/spending/expenditure/ expenses/overheads/the outlay

 

 

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