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# dépenses — French to English

How French *dépenses* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: dépenses (258 594). By style: everyday 61 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 7 642 · legal and administrative 31 811 · UN documents 219 077.

## expenditure

Used about 111 714 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 4 299 · legal and administrative ≈ 29 823 · UN documents ≈ 77 590). Forms: expenditure, expenditures. Meaning: [expenditure in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expenditure/).

- Ils devront réduire leurs **dépenses**.
  They will need to reduce their **expenditures**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Paiooooo and Zurich899 · checked, community translation · [\#5007424](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5007424) [\#685388](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/685388))

- Je commencerai par les **dépenses** agricoles.
  I shall begin with agricultural **expenditure**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1748295)

- **Dépenses** et investissements en TIC
  ICT investment and **expenditure**
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2432146)

- **Dépenses** totales indiquées dans le tableau 1.1
  b Total **expenditure** per schedule 1.1 7 173 240
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 21530516)

- Nous devrions trouver un équilibre entre nos **dépenses** et nos recettes.
  We should strike a balance between our **expenditure** and income.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wakano and auxitt · checked, community translation · [\#22917](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22917) [\#1861390](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1861390))

## costs

Used about 50 205 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 50 205).

- **Dépenses** d &apos; administration et de gestion
  Administrative and management **costs**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13098652)

- c) Autres **dépenses** afférentes aux contingents
  (c) Other **costs** pertaining to contingents
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 160922)

- A. Coûts standard et **dépenses** propres à la mission
  A. Standard and mission-specific **costs**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5580277)

- B. Répartition des ressources (**dépenses** courantes)
  B. Breakdown of resources (recurrent **costs**)
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2286304)

- A. **Dépenses** de programmes directes et **dépenses** administratives
  A. Direct programme and administrative **costs**
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 3599397)

## expenses

Used about 23 018 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 37 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 159 · UN documents ≈ 22 821).

- Il a calculé les **dépenses**.
  He calculated the **expenses**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#297206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297206) [\#4696126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4696126))

- Voilà des **dépenses** où je ne regarde pas.
  Those are **expenses** which I do not begrudge.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7423)

- La Cour des comptes est une institution qui inspecte les recettes et **dépenses** de l'Union européenne pour vérifier leur légalité, et vérifie également la bonne gestion financière.
  The Court of Auditors is an institution that inspects the European Union's receipts and **expenses** to verify their legality, as well as verifying good financial management.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1366843)

- 259. Le Comité constate que ces **dépenses** ont été engagées du 2 août 1990 au 2 mars 1991.
  The Panel finds that these **expenses** were incurred from 2 August 1990 to 2 March 1991.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 14236831)

- Je dois réduire les **dépenses**.
  I must cut down **expenses**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2571531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2571531) [\#7793896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7793896))

## spending

Used about 7 311 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 2 070 · legal and administrative ≈ 663 · UN documents ≈ 4 564). Meaning: [spending in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/spending/).

- Tu **dépenses** trop d'argent.
  You're **spending** too much money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Grendayzer and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3415170](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3415170) [\#7308263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7308263))

- Il nous faut atteindre une plus grande transparence quant aux **dépenses** convenues.
  We need more transparency in the **spending** that is agreed upon.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 148896)

- Les **dépenses** mentionnées dans cette catégorie pourraient couvrir les **dépenses** indiquées dans les catégories suivantes du tableau 2:
  **Spending** reported in this category could cover spending reported under the following categories in Table 2:
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5248089)

- En 1991, les **dépenses** totales de santé représentaient 8,4 % du produit intérieur brut.
  In 1991 total health **spending** amounted to 8.4 per cent of GDP.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 330445)

- Nous devons réduire les **dépenses**.
  We need to cut **spending**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4497099](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4497099) [\#10948176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10948176))

## budget

Used about 4 564 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 564). Meaning: [budget in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/budget/).

- Les **dépenses** de fonctionnement du bureau de Belgrade ont été inscrites au budget de la MINUBH à compter du 1er juillet 1998.
  The cost of maintaining the Belgrade liaison office was incorporated in the UNMIBH **budget** effective 1 July 1998.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8519356)

## cut

Used about 160 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 159). Meaning: [cut in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/cut/).

- pour les maçons et les tailleurs de pierres, pour les achats de bois et de pierres de taille nécessaires aux réparations de la maison de l’Éternel, et pour toutes les **dépenses** concernant les réparations de la maison.
  and to the masons and the stone cutters, and for buying timber and **cut** stone to repair the damage to the LORD’s house, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 12:12)

- Les gouvernements nationaux tendent en effet à réduire ces **dépenses** afin d'être compétitifs.
  The national governments tend to **cut** these costs, possibly to be competitive.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1825178)

## administrative

Used about 159 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 159). Meaning: [administrative in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/administrative/).

- À cet égard, la Commission propose que l'instrument utilisé pour couvrir l'augmentation des **dépenses** administratives soit la flexibilité.
  In this connection, the Commission proposes that we use the flexibility instrument to defray the increased **administrative** expenses.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 321372)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Combien d'argent **dépenses**-tu en manuels chaque semestre ?
  How much money do you spend on textbooks per semester?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3547475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3547475) [\#3548595](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3548595))

- Tu **dépenses** trop d'argent.
  You spend too much money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Grendayzer and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3356352](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3356352) [\#7308263](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7308263))

- Cette application permet de gérer les **dépenses** facilement.
  This application allows easy expense management.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#13406197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406197) [\#13406196](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13406196))

## Grammar

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