expenditure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The amount of money that is spent.

   The government promised to reduce public expenditure next year.

2. 2
   noun

   The using up of time, energy, or resources.

   The project required a huge expenditure of time and effort.

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

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