expenditure
Act of expending or paying out.
Other meanings
The amount expended; expense; outlay.
“The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.”
Synonyms
- spending
Related words
- misexpenditure
- operating expenditure
- overexpenditure
- capital expenditure
- energy expenditure
- government expenditure
Word history
From Medieval Latin "expenditus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “expenditure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.