It could have all been avoided for a minimum expenditure of money in a business that at times was estimated to be bringing in $85,000 a month.

Because no budget was available, all of the work had to be done with minimum expenditure.

'Fund raising fatigue' soon builds up so the target is best seen in maximum returns for minimum expenditure of energy.

If he jogged the host's mental processes at key spots, he might guide him with a minimum expenditure of energy.

Chinook went on the simplest and most obvious route, from the outermost inward along those zigzags which involved the minimum total expenditure of energy.

It is also Shapirov who first suggested a method of achieving miniaturization with a minimum expenditure of energy.

The requirement for minimum expenditure of £10,000 pa will be removed.

In both cases, the principles of the lever and catapult come into play: the objective being maximum force with minimum expenditure of energy.

My friend and I each paid half the bill so the minimum daily expenditure could be noted on our visas.

I can completely understand companies at least following a doctrine of "minimum expenditure that accomplishes objectives."