expenditure

C1 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/ UK /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/ See IPA manual

Freq #29411

Meanings

1

noun
The amount of money that is spent.

The government promised to reduce public expenditure next year.
2

noun
The using up of time, energy, or resources.

The project required a huge expenditure of time and effort.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the amount of money that is... expense outlay spending cost

2 noun · the using up of time,... consumption

Word family

Forms expenditures

Derived forms misexpenditureoverexpenditure

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Phrases (1)

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capital expenditure
money spent to acquire or improve assets intended for long-term use

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

*(s)pend- Proto-Indo-European expenditus la-med

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Economics & Markets Personal Finance Money & Finance

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# expenditure

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
**Frequency rank:** 29411

## Meanings
1. The amount of money that is spent.
2. The using up of time, energy, or resources.

## Examples
- The government promised to reduce public expenditure next year.
- The project required a huge expenditure of time and effort.

## Derived Forms
- misexpenditure
- overexpenditure

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)pend-
- Root: expenditus

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

## AI Etymology
Expenditure comes from the stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”). The historical chain includes *(s)pend- (Proto-Indo-European) and expenditus (Medieval Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as misexpenditure and overexpenditure. In present use it covers the amount of money that is spent and the using up of time, energy, or resources.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Personal Finance
- Money & Finance

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