expenditure

[ik-spen-di-cher]

noun

1. the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.

2. something that is expended; expense.

   Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items.

expenditure

/ ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə /

noun

1. something expended, such as time or money

2. the act of expending

Other Word Forms

• overexpenditure noun
• preexpenditure noun
• superexpenditure noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of expenditure¹

1760–70; < Medieval Latin expendit ( us ) laid out, paid (variant of expēnsus, past participle of expendere; expend ) + -ure

Example Sentences

Large raises for city sanitation workers and rising equipment costs also bumped up expenditures.

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He said: "To balance the books, we're proposing some modest increases in some taxes and duties, combined with some savings through reductions in expenditure."

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These measures aim to reduce what officials call “taxpayer subsidization” and inappropriate government healthcare expenditures.

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Nearly 90% of administrative expenditures came from the federal budget, the report concluded, meaning that Georgia’s experiment is being funded by taxpayers around the country.

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According to ratings agency Crisil, lower taxes will benefit a third of an average consumer's monthly expenditure basket and improve the middle class's purchasing power.

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