expenditure

American  

[ik-spen-di-cher] / ɪkˈspɛn dɪ tʃər /

noun

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

2. something that is expended; expense.

   Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items.

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expenditure British  

/ ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə /

noun

1. something expended, such as time or money

2. the act of expending

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Other Word Forms

• overexpenditure noun
• preexpenditure noun
• superexpenditure noun

Etymology

Origin of expenditure

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

Example Sentences

The Bureau of Economic Analysis said Wednesday it will publish a report covering October and November personal income, consumer spending and personal-consumption expenditures inflation data on Thursday, Jan. 22.

From The Wall Street Journal

While it is true that memory prices are surging and major manufacturers haven’t significantly increased production or capital expenditures, history shows commodity chip suppliers always overbuild capacity at some point in the semiconductor cycle.

From Barron's

Alphabet’s capital expenditures are unlikely to rise much more from current expectations, given the market’s scrutiny of the returns on its data center investments.

From Barron's

For Malaysia, earnings and capital expenditure assumptions remain unchanged, as domestic activity is driven mainly by Petronas’ upstream spending discipline rather than external geopolitical developments.

From The Wall Street Journal

It will require massive capital expenditure to get back to the 3 million barrels a day the country was producing a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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