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# spending

noun

«spending» in the English dictionary: in Wikipedia — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Wikipedia

Source: the Wikipedia dictionary, from the English Wikipedia articles Mova reads whole. Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). A draft: made natively by Nautilus, one of Mova's workers, from Mova's own counts; not reviewed. Not part of Mova: never in its repository, releases or programs.

### Counted by Mova

103 uses in 59 of the 531 articles of the Wikipedia school's corpus; as a noun in 103 of 103. By the class of the article: country 35, university 12, company 4, agglomeration 3. Most often with: «government», «high», «research», «military», «total».

### Examples

- It is classified as "R2: High Research Spending and Doctorate Production" for research activity. — [Appalachian State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_State_University), sentence 4 («wiki:Appalachian\_State\_University:4»)
- Austria allocated 4.9% of its GDP to education in 2021, with spending per student averaging US$16,734. — [Austria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria), sentence 402 («wiki:Austria:402»)
- Despite generating 70% of Pakistan's export revenue with jute and tea, East Pakistan received much less government spending. — [Bangladesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh), sentence 74 («wiki:Bangladesh:74»)

### Note

Draft: made natively by Nautilus from the Wikipedia school's corpus; the counts and examples are Mova's own, the meaning is the pupils' dictionary's; no sense of this source is written yet.

### Sources

- From Wikipedia, [«Appalachian State University»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_State_University), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«Austria»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- From Wikipedia, [«Bangladesh»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- Examples quote Wikipedia; this block is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.