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

Economic data show growth in August’s personal consumption expenditures price index at close to 3%, and the unemployment rate rising by a tenth of a percentage point.

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Stock market bulls can point to the productivity promise of artificial intelligence and the 19-fold investment jump since 2010 of the largest tech firms into research and development and capital expenditure.

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Work out a monthly budget of your income and expenditures, including utilities, property taxes, home insurance, mortgage payments, groceries and gas, and stick to it.

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This summer’s transfer expenditure in Liverpool exceeded the entire payroll of the Boston Red Sox.

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The move to create the FPC is in line with recommendations from the finance and expenditure committee’s recent inquiry into banking competition.

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Related Words

• amount 
• consumption 
• cost 
• disbursement 
• expense 
• figure 
• investment 
• outlay 
• output 
• price 
• rate 
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• value