The phrase "a certain expenditure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific but unspecified amount of spending or cost in a financial context.
Example: "The company has decided to allocate a certain expenditure for employee training programs this year."
Alternatives: "a specific expense" or "a particular cost".
If there's a dispute about whether certain expenditure is worthwhile or necessary that is always the first question to ask.
"We would say, you can have a debit card that precludes certain expenditure.
This allowed certain expenditure related to the cost of promoting New Zealand goods and services abroad, and incurred outside New Zealand, to be eligible for a tax refund of 67.5 cents to the dollar.
According to Mr. Betz, Dr. Handlin "acknowledged that he did have a problem" in November, after an initial audit uncovered "certain expenditures by Jim Handlin that we would call questionable".
"The Call" qualified for a $1.9-million 1.9-millionn certaxn expenditures, including salaries of crew membreak set construcertainosts, location fexpendituresg and other expenses.
According to a statement, the review "showed that certain expenditures of the foundation were not properly substantiated or documented".
The office did fault Ms. Alexander for failing to report certain expenditures and for using $300 in constituent funds to pay a firm to make robo-calls.
People familiar with the talks said the group has agreed to a citizenship plan that would immediately legalize millions of undocumented immigrants but would require certain expenditures on border security and internal enforcement before allowing people to gain a path to citizenship.
One major revision in the legislation would exempt certain expenditures by campaign committees from the limits.
Charges include alleged violations of election laws forbidding foreign nationals from making certain expenditures in US elections and requiring foreign agents to register as such.
