expenditure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The amount expended; expense; outlay.

   The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

2. 2
   noun

   the act of consuming something

3. 3
   noun

   the act of spending money for goods or services

4. 4
   noun

   money paid out

5. 5
   noun

   Act of expending or paying out.

Etymology

From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”).