🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

军费开支

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jūnfèi kāizhī

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Military expenditure/ˈmɪl.ɪ.tər.i ɪkˈspen.dɪ.tʃər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"今年该国的军费开支有所增加。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The financial resources that a nation allocates to maintain and develop its armed forces and defense infrastructure.

    "The government announced a significant increase in military expenditure to modernize its naval fleet."
  2. 2

    The total spending by a country on defense-related goods, personnel, operations, and procurement during a fiscal year.

    "Economic analysts closely monitor military expenditure as a percentage of gross domestic product."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'military', originating from Latin 'militaris' (pertaining to soldiers), and 'expenditure', stemming from Late Latin 'expendere' (to weigh out, pay). The specific pairing reflects the formal economic and political discourse regarding national defense budgets which emerged prominently in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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