Money spent on government programs is referred to as

A. bonding.

B. an obligation.

C. revenue.

D. an expenditure.

D an expenditure is the correct answer

All the goods and services that are purchased for public investment or public consumption, as well as social benefits are referred as Government expenditure. For example, the roadwork is one of the most important and most expensive public works of a country, so it's usual that a lot of the government expenditure is used for it. Also, it's common that countries with bad administrations and economic problems have big expenditures but almost no results from their public investment.