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as in expense
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
last year the film company's outgoes exceeded its revenues by a wide margin
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as in departure
the act of leaving a place
the outgo of the town's only remaining manufacturing plant was a disaster
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Recent Examples of outgo
But in the past, the legislative analyst’s numbers have proven to be closer to the mark than those from governors, who have a vested interest in minimizing the adjustments needed to bring income and outgo into balance, and therefore the political angst that reduced spending entails.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
The average monthly rental outgo in city-limit areas is Rs22,000.
—Anuj Puri, Quartz India, 16 June 2020
Adding committed expenses like salaries, pension, and interest outgo to subsidies, 16 states saw their overall expense eat into 56% of their revenue in the financial year 2022-23, a note by SBI Research has suggested.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022
Together, these will account for a revenue outgo of around Rs 17,000 crores a year.
—Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 15 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outgo
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Too often, that comes at the expense of what a club is: its history, its culture, its locality.—
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Lining up these alternatives to Russian gas has been costly, OMV says, even though the Austrian government, which owns 31 percent of OMV, contributed a portion of the expense.—
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But there's little question that President Donald Trump's public comments appearing to accommodate Russia's President Vladimir Putin over a potential Ukraine war peace deal are a major departure from Joe Biden's confrontational stance against Putin.—
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Breaking New Ground in Healthcare Parallel Health’s approach represents a significant departure from traditional healthcare models.—
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The price impact was muted, one study found, because retailers absorbed much of the cost through lower profit margins.—
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Housing costs in California continue to shoot upward, even as the state slowly builds its way out of a decades-long shortage.—
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As well as the release of 16 hostages so far, phase one has seen the entry of more humanitarian aid and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from parts of Gaza.—
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Importantly, poor sleep is common throughout a person’s experience with opioid use disorder, from actively using to withdrawal from opioids, and even while on treatment.—
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Those expenditures helped defeat a bill that might have led to PBF Energy facing steep penalties for a recent explosion at its Martinez oil refinery.—
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Whether in good times or bad times, this is an exercise that will always find unnecessary expenditures.—
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Saxon is the breakout character of this group in the early going.—
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Turnovers plagues UConn in the early going, as Malinoski scored twice and John Mustard once for Providence.—
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Parts of the county are now under evacuation warnings near the areas ravaged by the wildfires due to mudslides or debris flow.—
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Authorities urged people to monitor emergency updates, prepare to evacuate by collecting important documents and medicine, and asked that anyone under evacuation orders promptly flee their home.—
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Delaware lawmakers have proposed a law to limit shareholder lawsuits and save the state from a mass exodus of tech companies.—
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At least seven federal prosecutors resigned rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams — an unprecedented exodus that includes veteran lawyers with deep conservative credentials.—
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“Outgo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgo. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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