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as in expense
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
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as in effort
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
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Recent Examples of expenditure
Rita spent $319,089 in 2025, leaving him with about $412,591, excluding expenditures in October through December.
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s changing fast as governments recognize these firms are essential to sovereignty and resilience—global military expenditures are growing at their highest rates since the Cold War.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Lee’s project is expected to hire up to 58 cast members, 170 crew members, and 1,356 background members and spend more than $31 million on qualified expenditures.
—Monica Garske, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The analysis examined personal consumption expenditure data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis to determine how much each state's residents spend on groceries compared to their total consumption across all categories.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
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Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That’s changing fast as governments recognize these firms are essential to sovereignty and resilience—global military expenditures are growing at their highest rates since the Cold War.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Lee’s project is expected to hire up to 58 cast members, 170 crew members, and 1,356 background members and spend more than $31 million on qualified expenditures.
—Monica Garske, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
The analysis examined personal consumption expenditure data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis to determine how much each state's residents spend on groceries compared to their total consumption across all categories.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expenditure
Noun
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But some of her most brutal one-liners came at the expense of the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's celebrated One Battle After Another.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Jan. 2026
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Grace plans to use any earnings from Quinn’s sale to cover expenses of his upkeep, such as grain and veterinary bills.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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Her defensive effort led to a transition 3-pointer for Maddie Scherr that electrified the home crowd for TCU.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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There is currently no information about the containment efforts for the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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By March 2024, the state had already spent $3 million reimbursing ranchers for damages caused by wolves throughout the northern part of the state, as well as the cost of investing in nonlethal deterrents to keep them away, such as fencing, flags and other methods.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The average cost of a home health aide is around $6,000 a month.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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By 1996, Joe broke through in commercial work and got into television.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Actions define how Qira gets work done.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Expenditure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenditure. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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