expenditure

ex·pen·di·ture

noun
\ik-ˈspen-di-chər, -də-ˌchu̇r, -də-ˌt(y)u̇r\

Definition of EXPENDITURE

1

: the act or process of expending <an expenditure of energy>

2

: something expended : disbursement, expense <income should exceed expenditures>

Examples of EXPENDITURE

1. an increase in military expenditures
2. an increase in military expenditure
3. vast expenditures of time and effort
4. The energy expenditure was significant.
5. the expenditure of funds for the new school
6. The project will require an expenditure of effort on everyone's part.

Origin of EXPENDITURE

irregular from expend

First Known Use: 1769

Related to EXPENDITURE

Synonyms: charge, cost, disbursement, expense, outgo, outlay

Related Words: overhead; outflow; pocket money, spending money; price, rate, tab, tariff, toll

Near Antonyms: adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness; dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence

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Rhymes with EXPENDITURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, divestiture, entablature, entrepreneur, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, musculature, nomenclature, non sequitur