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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlaynoun

    the act of spending or disbursing money

  2. outgo, spending, expenditure, outlaynoun

    money paid out; an amount spent

Wikipedia

  1. spending

    Consumption is the act of using resources to satisfy current needs and wants. It is seen in contrast to investing, which is spending for acquisition of future income. Consumption is a major concept in economics and is also studied in many other social sciences. Different schools of economists define consumption differently. According to mainstream economists, only the final purchase of newly produced goods and services by individuals for immediate use constitutes consumption, while other types of expenditure — in particular, fixed investment, intermediate consumption, and government spending — are placed in separate categories (see consumer choice). Other economists define consumption much more broadly, as the aggregate of all economic activity that does not entail the design, production and marketing of goods and services (e.g. the selection, adoption, use, disposal and recycling of goods and services).Economists are particularly interested in the relationship between consumption and income, as modelled with the consumption function. A similar realist structural view can be found in consumption theory, which views the Fisherian intertemporal choice framework as the real structure of the consumption function. Unlike the passive strategy of structure embodied in inductive structural realism, economists define structure in terms of its invariance under intervention.

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  1. spending

    Spending refers to the act of using money to purchase goods, services or investments. It can also refer to the allocation or distribution of resources, time, or effort towards a particular activity, project, or goal. Economically, spending is a key factor that influences the overall state of the economy, impacting various sectors including businesses, employment, and inflation rates.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spending

    of Spend

  2. Spendingnoun

    the act of expending; expenditure

Editors Contribution

  1. spendingverb

    Verb form of the word spend.

    The unity government spending was in line with the forecasted spending.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2840

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2192

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'spending' in Nouns Frequency: #1196

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of spending in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of spending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of spending in a Sentence

  1. John Feehery:

    Tom SteyerTom Steyer is kind of famous for spending lots of money on lost causes, i just don't think Tom SteyerTom Steyer has a constituency : There's only a certain number of billionaires who want to impeach President Donald Trump.

  2. Werley Nortreus:

    The U.S. is spending trillions of dollars on military for wars but they can't give honest Haitian leaders money to develope Haiti, and yet they said they love Haiti.

  3. Kelley Moore:

    There continue to be vast differences between the White House and Senate Republicans when White House comes to the definition of infrastructure, the magnitude of proposed spending, and how to pay for White House.

  4. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

    The White House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the President Obama administration Thursday to turn over all reports and documents, including intelligence information, related to last year’s exchange of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl for five members of the Taliban. ] President Obama opposes Pentagon hike without domestic spending bump - WashEx :.

  5. Synovus Trust Morgan:

    Strong earnings may not be enough to move the barometer for tech because sentiment is so negative. GDP could be the kiss of death. If GDP falls through the roof, techs will get crushed, corporate IT managers will pull the rug when it comes to spending. That concern is out there. Tech spending could slow in 2019.

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