expenditure

[ ik-spen-di-cher ]

/ ɪkˈspɛn dɪ tʃər /

the act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.

something that is expended; expense: Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items.

Origin of expenditure

1760–70; < Medieval Latin expendit(us) laid out, paid (variant of expēnsus, past participle of expendere; see expend) + -ure

o·ver·ex·pend·i·ture, noun pre·ex·pend·i·ture, noun su·per·ex·pend·i·ture, noun

Its institutions manage the daily lives of Palestinians, sparing Israel the hassle and the expenditure.

Mahmoud Abbas Could Dismantle Palestinian Authority |Dan Ephron |December 3, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Every item of expenditure at her wedding will be subjected to intense media scrutiny, especially at this time of austerity.

Kate's Royal Prison |Andrew Roberts |November 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
About half of our expenditure has gone to standing up the Afghan National Security Forces.

The Republican Fight Over Afghanistan |Ann Marlowe |July 17, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Some were the worse for rum—the largest single item of expenditure borne by the British Army during the war.

Washington in Victory |Piers Brendon |October 10, 2008 |DAILY BEAST

But here there would be also an expenditure of force on behalf of its own sex.

Schenk's Theory: The Determination of Sex |Samuel Leopold Schenk
Yet if, after all this expenditure of words, you still think I am shirking—well, I am sorry.

A Hilltop on the Marne |Mildred Aldrich
An expenditure of a little over a quarter of a dollar will provide you with these necessaries.

The Complete Bachelor |Walter Germain
Above all, you do not calculate the chief part of one's expenditure,—the unforeseen.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen six; result, happiness.

Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914 |Various

expenditure

/ (ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə) /

something expended, such as time or money

the act of expending