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expenditure

noun
ex·​pen·​di·​ture | \ ik-ˈspen-di-chÉ™r How to pronounce expenditure (audio) , -dÉ™-ËŒchu̇r, -dÉ™-ËŒt(y)u̇r\

Definition of expenditure

1 : the act or process of expending an expenditure of energy
2 : something expended : disbursement, expense income should exceed expenditures

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Synonyms for expenditure

Synonyms

charge, cost, disbursement, expense, outgo, outlay

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Examples of expenditure in a Sentence

an increase in military expenditures an increase in military expenditure vast expenditures of time and effort The energy expenditure was significant. the expenditure of funds for the new school The project will require an expenditure of effort on everyone's part.
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Instead, tuition dollars fund extravagant marketing expenditures (all those phone calls and emails, along with ad campaigns on social media and search engines), or become profits for universities and OPMs. Katerina Manoff, The Atlantic, "How They (Online Graduate Programs) Get You," 14 Aug. 2019 To boot, capital expenditures (or capex), grew only 2% last year and is expected to grow only 3% in 2019, according to the S&P Global Ratings' Global Corporate Capex Survey. Anne Sraders, Fortune, "Why Business Confidence is Plummeting: the ‘Chaotic’ Environment Makes Planning Problematic," 9 Aug. 2019 Frontier's capital expenditures—which include broadband expansions and improvements—totaled $275 million in the second quarter, down from $305 million a year ago. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "ISP Frontier is failing so badly it won’t take questions from investors," 7 Aug. 2019 The first acquisition of his time in New England was a record expenditure for the club: Argentinian forward Gustavo Bou. Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, "How the Revolution have gone from MLS abyss to playoff contention," 31 July 2019 The total annual expenditure for each contract may be in excess of $100,000. Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, "Harford school board OKs contracts for security cameras on new buses," 25 July 2019 Legal expenditures, much of it related to a pending ethics investigation, accounted for $244,000 of Schweikert's campaign spending. Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, "Is Rep. David Schweikert vulnerable? His campaign recently spent more than it took in," 16 July 2019 The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request covering Secret Service expenditures, detail money the agency spent at the property from September 2016 to February 2018, which came to a total of $215,254. NBC News, "Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president's first year," 27 June 2019 Personal-consumption expenditures, a measure of household spending on everything from carpet cleaning to computers, increased a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in April from March, the Commerce Department said Friday. Eric Morath, WSJ, "U.S. Consumer Spending Remains Solid in April," 31 May 2019

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First Known Use of expenditure

1769, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for expenditure

irregular from expend

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expenditure

noun

English Language Learners Definition of expenditure

formal
: an amount of money that is spent on something
: an amount of time, energy, effort, etc., that is used to do something
: the act of spending money

expenditure

noun
ex·​pen·​di·​ture | \ ik-ˈspen-di-chÉ™r How to pronounce expenditure (audio) \

Kids Definition of expenditure

1 : the act of spending (as money, time, or energy)
2 : something that is spent Keep a record of your expenditures.

expenditure

noun
ex·​pen·​di·​ture | \ ik-ˈspen-di-chÉ™r, -ËŒchu̇r How to pronounce expenditure (audio) \

Legal Definition of expenditure

1 : the act or process of paying out
2 : something paid out — see also capital expenditure

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