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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many on Wall Street have bemoaned Apple’s lack of a concrete artificial-intelligence strategy — especially relative to its “Magnificent Seven” peers, who are forecasting record sums for capital expenditures.

From MarketWatch

The calculator asked people to enter financial details, including their income, savings, benefits and expenditure, and no details were saved, bosses said.

From BBC

Energy is excluded from the core personal consumption expenditures index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation.

From Barron's

Related Words

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