expendituretrends
nounUK /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə trɛndz/
US /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃər trɛndz/
The way money being spent changes over time.
The report shows expendituretrends for school supplies over the last five years.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The direction in which total spending is moving in a business or household.
Managers studied expendituretrends to decide where to cut costs.
3. A pattern of how much money a government spends across different years.
Government expendituretrends show more spending on health care each year.
4. Changes in the amount of money spent on a particular activity or item.
The chart tracks expendituretrends on food and rent.