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expenditure
expenditure
noun
Definition of EXPENDITURE
1
a payment made in the course of achieving a result <you'll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything>
2
the active use of energy in producing a result <the expenditure of the nation's military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest>
Related Words drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail; dint, energy; force, might, muscle, power, puissance; attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack
Near Antonyms adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness; dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence
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