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>

Synonyms charge, cost, disbursement, expenditure, outgo, outlay

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

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>

Synonyms elbow grease, exertion, expenditure, labor, pains, sweat, trouble, while, work

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