The phrase "asked for spending" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a request for financial expenditure or budget allocation.
Example: "During the meeting, the manager asked for spending on the new marketing campaign to be approved."
Alternatives: "requested funding" or "sought budget approval".
What was the rationale, our friends asked, for spending a week in the Czech Republic followed by 10 days in Greece and four in Paris?
BBC London also asked for spending cuts figures from the 32 boroughs, of which 22 responded.
Democrats in the Legislature have also asked for spending cuts and attrition, but not layoffs, in the Police Department.
According to earlier reports, Pinterest has been asking for spending commitments from between $1 million and $2 million from its advertising partners, and has been looking to price CPMs between $30 and $40, said AdAge.
At a school here, Mr. Bush said he would ask for spending increases in the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, for three specific areas: Title I, which provides money to schools in low-income areas; reading initiatives; and special education.
The President has asked for discretionary spending of about $538 billion for next year, up from $523 billion this year.
Legislators in Albany asked for the spending plan so that they could see what congestion pricing revenue would pay for.
E.U. leaders agreed to an overall package in February, but the European Parliament asked for more spending and more say in the way the budget would be handled.
While Obama asked for stimulus spending that might add $80 billion to the deficits over the next decade, opposition from budget-conscious members of both parties has reduced the package being discussed by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to about $10 billion -- and some of this might be offset elsewhere in the budget.
"They asked for extra spending on things like schools, infrastructure and older people's services and that's exactly what we're proposing".
