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expenditure

UK/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/US/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,136 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: expenditures

Expenditure is the money that is spent. Public expenditure, capital expenditure, cut expenditure.

In accounting the distinction that matters is capital against revenue expenditure: one buys something lasting and the other pays for running costs, and they are treated quite differently for tax. It also covers effort, as in expenditure of energy.

Definitions of expenditure

  1. 1nounexpenditureThe money that is spent.C1

    “The council has promised to reduce its expenditure on new offices.”

expenditure is a spending.

Where it comes from

Medieval Latin expenditus comes from expendere, to weigh out or pay out.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *(s)pend-

  2. Medieval Latin

    expenditus

  3. English, today

    expenditure

Built from

  • expendō · Latin — to weigh, to pay out

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

expenditure in the wild

  • The basal metabolic rate accounts for about 70% of the daily calorie expenditure by individuals.

    Basal metabolic rate

  • Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments.

    Government spending

  • Until the 19th century, public expenditure was limited due to laissez faire philosophies.

    Government spending

  • In general, the expense is considered capex if the financial benefit of the expenditure extends beyond the current fiscal year.

    Capital expenditure

  • The following is a list of countries with the highest military expenditures.

    List of countries with highest military expenditures

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the expendō family

expensive

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