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Spending

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Narrower term 4

Cost 76% connected

A rib; a side; a region or coast.

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Expending 76% connected

of Expend

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Expenditure 76% connected

The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

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Expense 76% connected

A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

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Broader term 3

Defrayal 76% connected

The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

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Defrayment 76% connected

Payment of charges.

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Payment 76% connected

The act of paying, or giving compensation; the discharge of a debt or an obligation.

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Disburse 74% connected

To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

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Disburse 74% connected

To pay out; to expend; -- usually from a public fund or treasury.

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Synonym 4

Disbursement 92% connected

The act of disbursing or paying out.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Expenditure 92% connected

The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Outgo 92% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outlay 92% connected

To lay out; to spread out; to display.

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Antonym 2

Income 94% connected

A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.

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Income 94% connected

A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.

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