Synonyms for spending
spend·ing

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1. spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlaynoun

   the act of spending or disbursing money

   Synonyms:
   expense, disbursal, expenditure, outgo, outlay, disbursement

2. outgo, spending, expenditure, outlaynoun

   money paid out; an amount spent

   Synonyms:
   consumption, disbursal, expenditure, outlay, using up, outgo, expending, disbursement

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1. • Transferred Property

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1. spendingnoun

   Synonyms:
   expenditure, disbursement

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1. List of paraphrases for "spending":

   expenditure, expenditures, expenses, expense, spend, costs, cost, tunnels, consumption, outlay, planned, dépenses

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How to use spending in a sentence?

1. Fabrice Lenglart:

   Although it's in the lower average when it comes to the impact of the crisis on the labor market, France is doing much better in terms of health spending and fertility.

2. Police Commissioner William Bratton:

   You name it, we're buying it, there's not a police department in America that is spending as much money, as much thought and interest on this issue of officer safety.

3. George Russell:

   Why you spending $75,000 to house bike riders and feed them and you can’t fix a flagpole in front of a city-owned building?

4. Sal Guatieri:

   Spending will downshift to the slowest pace in a year in the first quarter.

5. Kenneth Feinberg:

   Normally, probate courts give the widow discretion in spending funds for family members especially sons and daughters.