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

“Given the scale of capital expenditure required to finance the expansion of AI, corporate borrowing needs are expected to continue increasing substantially,” the Paris-based research body said.

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Equity market sentiment has already been fragile over recent weeks due to concerns over capital expenditure levels around artificial intelligence, he notes.

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Even before the latest risk to the inflation outlook, the Fed was facing firmer price pressures from its preferred gauge, the personal-consumption expenditures price index.

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Lower truck sales combined with additional costs associated with U.S. tariffs, the appreciation of the Swedish krona and expenditure on a new plant in China all dragged on the result, it said.

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The exact breakdown between sustaining and growth expenditure isn’t clear but the miner’s release suggests it is mostly related to sustaining capital, the analysts write.

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Related Words

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