expenditure

[ ik-spen-di-cher ]
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noun
  1. the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.

  2. something that is expended; expense: Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items.

Origin of expenditure

1
1760–70; <Medieval Latin expendit(us) laid out, paid (variant of expēnsus, past participle of expendere;see expend) + -ure

Other words from expenditure

  • o·ver·ex·pend·i·ture, noun
  • pre·ex·pend·i·ture, noun
  • su·per·ex·pend·i·ture, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for expenditure

expenditure

/ (ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə) /


noun
  1. something expended, such as time or money

  2. the act of expending

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