expenditure
noun
the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
expenditures
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pluralof expenditure.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Authority board members and an outside peer review group also have questioned decisions and expenditures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The watchdog's report also notes that equipment losses have totaled $3.7bn, with other $7.4bn in other expenditures.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The big four hyperscalers, which include Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, have spent roughly $900 billion in the last two years on capital expenditures for AI," Brooks noted.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Officials say as much as $10 billion of that is needed for advance purchases of weapons for next year and nearly $20 billion for military salaries, payments to families of killed soldiers and other expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Such pleas, inevitably, were ignored, and members of Congress would gather in wood-paneled committee rooms and spend hours examining in minute detail the Osage’s expenditures, as if the country’s security were at stake.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
