Expenditure Definition

ĭk-spĕndĭ-chər
expenditures
noun
expenditures
The act or process of expending; outlay.
American Heritage
The act of expending; a spending or using up of money, time, etc.
Webster's New World
The amount of money, time, etc. expended; expense.
Webster's New World
An expense.
American Heritage

(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.

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Other Word Forms of Expenditure

Noun

Singular:
expenditure
Plural:
expenditures

Origin of Expenditure

  • From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular plural of expendo (“I weigh, I pay out”), +‎ -ure (“process or result”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin expenditus past participle of expendere to expend expend –ure

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Expenditure Sentence Examples

  • Of the expenditure a large amount is absorbed by interest on debt.

  • The annual expenditure on tobacco was 5s.

  • In1907-1908revenue and expenditure balanced at £103,000.

  • According to the census returns of 1895, the total mileage was 496 m., representing a capital expenditure of $84,044,581 paper.

  • The state, the departments, and the communes were thus relieved from the payment of salaries and grants to religious bodies, an item of expenditure which amounted in the last year of the old system to 1,101,000 paid by the state and 302,200 contributed by the departments and communes.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXP

Words Ending With

EREURE

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