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expenditure

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of expenditure

1 a payment made in the course of achieving a result

youʼll have to drastically cut back on your clothing expenditures if you hope to save anything

Synonyms of expenditure

charge, cost, disbursement, expense, outgo, outlay

Words Related to expenditure

pocket money, spending money

price, rate, tab, tariff, toll

2 the active use of energy in producing a result

the expenditure of the nationʼs military might on wars that may or may not involve the national interest

Synonyms of expenditure

effort, elbow grease, exertion, labor, pains, sweat, trouble, while, work

Words Related to expenditure

drudgery, grind, slog, strain, toil, travail

force, might, muscle, power, puissance

attempt, endeavor, essay, fling, go, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack

Near Antonyms of expenditure

adroitness, ease, facility, fluency, smoothness

dormancy, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, languor, laziness, quiescence

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