expenditure

[ ik-spen-di-cher ]

noun

1. the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
2. something that is expended; expense:

   Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items.

expenditure

/ ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə /

noun

1. something expended, such as time or money
2. the act of expending

Other Words From

• over·ex·pendi·ture noun
• preex·pendi·ture noun
• super·ex·pendi·ture noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of expenditure¹

1760–70; < Medieval Latin expendit ( us ) laid out, paid (variant of expēnsus, past participle of expendere; expend ) + -ure

Example Sentences

These unexpected expenditures come as the coronavirus pandemic has pummeled local budgets and hit a corner of government — election administration — that’s been underfunded for decades.

From Washington Post

In his new role, he will manage freelance reporting expenditures and continue to play a central role in the newsroom’s efforts to streamline its increasingly complex production pipeline.

From ProPublica

In addition, you find that business investment expenditure moving towards better capital, to more productive technology is deeply entrenched amongst corporations.

From Fortune

Lufthansa, for example, put over 27,000 of its workers onto Kurzarbeit back in March, a move that helped it cut operational expenditure by a whopping 59%.

From Fortune

All of this can happen without any intervention of the Court or expenditure of judicial resources.

From Fortune

Still, the numbers give you a rough idea of the ballpark expenditure.

From The Daily Beast

The average per pupil expenditure for elementary school students in Illinois is approximately $11,600 per year.

From The Daily Beast

When you talk about these tussles with Russia, Russia is four percent of military expenditure.

From The Daily Beast

Utilization went up, out-of-pocket expenditure went down, and the freqency of depression diagnoses was lower.

From The Daily Beast

The deep cuts to public expenditure demanded by the IMF led to a mass revolt by the unions.

From The Daily Beast

Whether his annual expenditure be fifty pounds or fifty thousand, he tries to get his money's worth.

From Project Gutenberg

Any comparison based on expenditure per gun must therefore be misleading.

From Project Gutenberg

A good, strong material will be found cheapest in the end, though the actual expenditure of money may be larger at first.

From Project Gutenberg

After her death he gave up society, so that this item of expenditure diminished perceptibly.

From Project Gutenberg

In fact, each successive increase of weight is obtained at a greater expenditure of food.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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