使し途と

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

purpose of expenditure; how money is used; use of funds

Refers to the specific purpose or destination of money spent, often used in accounting, budgeting, or reporting contexts. Can also extend to the use of goods.

寄き付ふ金きんの使し途とを明あきらかにする必ひつ要ようがある。
We need to clarify how the donations will be used.
予よ算さんの使し途とについて報ほう告こくしてください。
Please report on the purpose of the budget expenditure.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の使し途とを明あきらかにするto clarify how money (or funds) was used
会かい社しゃは補ほ助じょ金きんの使し途とを明あきらかにするよう求もとめられた。
The company was asked to clarify how the subsidy funds were used.
〈物もの〉の使し途とを限げん定ていするto restrict the purpose for which funds may be used
この寄き付ふ金きんは使し途とを教きょう育いく関かん連れん費ひに限げん定ていしている。
This donation restricts the use of funds to education-related expenses.
〈物もの〉の使し途とを報ほう告こくするto report on how funds were spent
団だん体たいは毎まい年ねん、活かつ動どう資し金きんの使し途とを報ほう告こくしている。
The organization reports on the use of its operating funds every year.

Expressions

金かねの使し途とhow money is used; use of money

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
途route, way, road

Related words

用よう途とN2
用途 is the general word for how something (money or objects) is used or applied, while 使途 narrows the focus specifically to how money has been spent.
支し出しゅつN3
支出 refers to the act or amount of spending money, whereas 使途 describes the purpose or breakdown of that spending.

Don't confuse with

使し徒と
使途 (also read しと) means the intended use or purpose of money and is unrelated in meaning to 使徒, an apostle or disciple.

Word family

使し途と不ふ明めい金きん
unaccounted-for expenditures; money with unclear use

Written forms

使し途とUsage82%
Standard kanji form; commonly used in financial and administrative contexts.
しとUsage18%

Etymology

Compound of 使 (し, 'use') and 途 (と, 'way' or 'path'), literally 'the way of using'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of spending purpose.