开支 (kāi zhī) — (noun) expenditure, expense (especially formal/organizational); (noun) an expense item (countable with 笔 or 项)
Definition
开支 is 'expenditure' in a formal, organizational or accounting sense (company, budget, annual report). More formal than 费用/开销; pairs with 收支 as the spending side of financial accounts.
noun
expenditureexpense (especially formal/organizational)an expense item (countable with 笔 or 项)
Measure word · 笔, 项
Examples
- 开支。Gōng sī yào kòng zhì kāi zhī.The company must control expenses.
- 开支。Jīn nián de kāi zhī bǐ qù nián duō le bù shǎo.This year's expenses are quite a bit more than last year's.
- 开支。Zhè xiàng kāi zhī xū yào cái wù bù mén pī zhǔn.This expense item needs finance department approval.
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