"It's not an excessive expenditure when compared to the cost of, say, a Stealth bomber."

He condemned the council for what he called "excessive expenditure on housing and in other directions".

It should be in everyone's interest to avoid excessive expenditure of the estate's precious assets.

A social reform movement for discouraging excessive expenditure on marriages made remarkable impact during his reign.

The country had indeed suffered from what some described as the excessive and unwise, if not foolish, expenditures of the Nkrumah regime.

And the excessive expenditure of county dollars has concerned more people than just me.

This is because excessive expenditure will force a lot of businesses to seek funds overseas.

Providing for excessive expenditure, over and above what can possibly be used, is quite obviously a source of waste.

This excessive expenditure can be explained first as a way of currying favour.

There is a civil fine of either $10,000 or three times the amount of an excessive expenditure.