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expenditure

expenditure

114 5.6
Money that a person or organization spends
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃər/
translation icon : gasto
  • Every month your expenditure is greater than your income.
  • government expenditure
  • public expenditure
  • revenues and expenditures

And what this graphic does is compare health expenditure with life expectancy.

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Examples

  • And what this graphic does is compare health expenditure with life expectancy.

  • How much should we reduce expenditures every year?

  • The War Office today approved military expenditure for the nation's new defense alert system.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • These are the owner's actual expenditures over the past year.

  • But the issues around healthcare expenditures are real.

  • So now, come back here next week, and I want a complete list of your expenditures.

  • Please understand that I cannot afford to finance any unexpected expenditures out of my own pocket.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • A large proportion of the military expenditures of these three countries went to importing weapons.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Knowing your anticipated income and expenditures for the next several months helps avoid a cash crunch. Balance sheet.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The company's annual expenditure on marketing has significantly increased this year.

Synonyms

cost
vsexpenditure
1.0

The amount of money needed to buy or do something

focuses less on price and more on the act or amount used overall
spending
vsexpenditure
1.7

Money used to buy goods and services

includes money use but also time or energy, not only payments
expense
vsexpenditure
524 2.7

An amount of money spent for work or business

is more general, also covering nonbusiness spending and time or energy
consumption
vsexpenditure
289 3.9

To use, eat, or drink something

is broader, including financial spending and nonmaterial uses like time
outlay
vsexpenditure
19 6.9

An amount of money spent on something

covers that payment but also ongoing use of money, time, or energy
using up
vsexpenditure
5 3.7

Spending or eating something until none remains

covers use broadly but also includes nonexhaustive spending or partial use
outgo
vsexpenditure
1 7.0

Money that a person or company spends

is wider, also describing the act of spending beyond accounting terms
consumption of resources
vsexpenditure
1 3.9

Use of natural and economic resources like water or energy

is similar but centers on money, time, or energy rather than only resources
expending
vsexpenditure
5.7

Using money or other resources to buy things

is broader, covering both amounts used and the act itself

Antonyms

1.2

Money a person or family receives regularly from work and investments

606 1.0

Money put aside, often in a bank, to use later or for emergencies

Compounds

capital expenditure
  • Specialized
4 6.4

Money a business spends to buy or improve things like buildings, machines and equipment that last a long time

How Much

investment
3.2
expenditure
114 5.6
outlay
19 6.9
expense
524 2.7
payment
805 1.0

Surface Forms

expenditure singular
expenditures plural

Morphology

expenditure = expend (transparent) = expend + iture

The noun is a direct nominalization of the verb 'expend' referring to the act or amount of spending.

Etymology

Expenditure comes from the parts ex- 'out' and pend 'to pay or weigh', and it is related to the common word expense. So an expenditure is literally money, time, or energy 'going out', which is why it means the amount you spend.