Output and Spending

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Output noun - Something produced by physical or intellectual effort.

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Spending and output are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spending" instead a noun "Output".

Spending noun - The act of spending or disbursing money.

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Output and spending are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Output" instead a noun "Spending".

Nearby Words: spend, spender, spendable

Spending most of a country's GDP on the military doesn't amount to much when there's not much GDP to begin with, after all (which in turn is probably not unrelated to the fact that so much output is swallowed by the military, instead of used to support economic growth).

Source: Useful Notes / North Korea
However, not even spending all other tonnage on heatsinks can save you from overheating after each shot - perfect for snipers, suicide for everyone else (gauss cannons have a similar damage output and longer range, but very limited ammo).

Source: Heroic R.R.O.D.
MoO avoids this by abstracting planets into 5 sliding bars (Ship production, factory production, ecosystem spending, planetary defense spending, and research spending) and only an orbital view of the planet itself, with rows of icons to indicate population and industrial output.

Source: Video Game / Master of Orion

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