Money spent on the ongoing costs of running a business or organization, such as wages and rent on premises.
‘he is confident of his ability to bring down the operational expenditure of the Indian railways’
‘On the wholesale side, Webley offers service providers the ability to launch the service without any capital or operational expenditures.’
‘In 1990 the amount applied to operational expenditure was about $45 million in round figures.’
‘We aim to maximise job opportunities created by the City's capital and operational expenditure.’
‘Although major customers are cutting back on operational expenditure, research and development (R & D) budgets remain intact.’
‘The Department of Communications provided the finance, while the Post Office is taking care of operational expenditure, including the provision of venues, training and running costs.’
‘The company has also cut operational expenditure by 18 per cent, by reducing its debt, consolidating its offices and disposing of non-core businesses.’
‘Nobody really benefits directly from this scenario, except arguably the university as a whole, which will have more of its operational expenditure freed up for other purchases.’
‘Municipalities spend the biggest part of their income on operational expenditure such as remuneration packages (and mayoral houses) rather than on capital expenditure such as infrastructure.’
‘"If I am going to spend $10 million with a vendor, I want them to identify where I can save $10 million in operational expenditures."’
‘It is able to track all operational expenditure like school fees, procurements, budget allocations and can also produce a monthly report showing the amount spent at each school.’
‘"Of the (police) budget, 90 percent is allocated for nonoperational expenditure, including salaries, and only 10 percent is allocated for operational expenditure," he said.’
‘The fund, which will be disbursed every quarter, would be used to pay the subdistricts' operational expenditures including telephone, electricity and water bills.’
‘The economic conditions had "forced most companies to reduce the size of their labour force, cut down on operational expenditures and delay new investments".’
‘The operational expenditure of the federal ministries was reduced by 20 percent.’
‘Thinking creatively about financing corporate IT could lead to greater efficiency and lower capital and operational expenditure.’
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