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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Oracle said it would use the proceeds from the sales for general corporate purposes, which it said could include capital expenditures, debt repayment, dividends and future investments or acquisitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Prices as measured by the personal-consumption expenditures price index increased by 0.5% last month, after rising by 0.3% in August, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“As long as capex continues to ramp, I’d expect a hunger for more financing,” Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner told MarketWatch, referring to capital expenditures, or corporate spending on property, plants and equipment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The PCE inflation measure is formally known as the index of personal consumption expenditures.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Instead, he took a job in Washington, analyzing weapons expenditures for the U.S.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
