expenditure

ex·pen·di·ture  (k-spnd-chr)

n.

1. The act or process of expending; outlay.

2.

a. An amount expended.

b. An expense.

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[Medieval Latin expenditus, past participle of expendere, to expend; see expend + -ure.]

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expenditure [ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə]

n

1. something expended, such as time or money

2. the act of expending

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	expenditure - money paid out; an amount spent       outgo, outlay, spending transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor expense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" transfer payment - a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services
	2.	expenditure - the act of spending money for goods or services expending outlay, spending, disbursal, disbursement - the act of spending or disbursing money
	3.	expenditure - the act of consuming something       using up, consumption depletion - the act of decreasing something markedly burnup - the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor)

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expenditure

noun

1. spending, payment, expense, outgoings, cost, charge, outlay, disbursement The government should reduce their expenditure on defence.

2. consumption, use, using, application, output The rewards justified the expenditure of effort.

Quotations
"Expenditure rises to meet income" [C. Northcote Parkinson The Law and the Profits]

Translations

expenditure [ɪksˈpendɪtʃəʳ] N [of money] → gasto m, desembolso m; [of time, effort] → gasto m, empleo m; (= money spent) → gastos mpl
I resent the expenditure of time and effort on trivialities → me molesta el empleo de or me molesta emplear tiempo y esfuerzo en cosas triviales
see also capital C
see also public C

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expenditure [ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə^r] n → dépenses fpl
to cut expenditure on sth → réduire les dépenses en qch
expenditure of sth → dépense de qch

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expenditure

n

(= money spent) → Ausgaben pl

(= spending, of money) → Ausgabe f; (of time, energy) → Aufwand m (→ on an +dat); the expenditure of money on … → Geld auszugeben für …; expenditure of time/energy → Zeit-/Energieaufwand m

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expenditure [ɪksˈpɛndɪtʃəʳ] n (of money) → spesa; (of time, effort) → dispendio
an item of expenditure → una spesa

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expenditure [ɪksˈpɛndɪtʃəʳ] n (of money) → spesa; (of time, effort) → dispendio
an item of expenditure → una spesa

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expenditure → نَفَقة výdaje forbrug Kosten δαπάνη gasto kulut dépense troškovi spesa 支出 지출 besteding utgift wydatek despesa расходование utlägg การใช้จ่ายเงิน harcamalar chi tiêu 花费