expense-recovery projection

noun
UK /ɪkˈspɛns rɪˈkʌvəri prəˈdʒɛkʃən/
US /ɪkˈspɛns rɪˈkʌvəri prəˈdʒɛkʃən/

A guess about how much money you will get back later.

The manager made an expense-recovery projection to see how much the company would get back next year.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A plan showing when money spent on a project will be paid back.

The expense-recovery projection showed the new machine would pay for itself in two years.

3. A number that estimates how much of an expense will be returned.

Their expense-recovery projection was too high, so they had to revise it.

4. A financial guess used to plan future spending.

The team used an expense-recovery projection to decide next year's budget.