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expenditure

ex·pen·di·ture [ ik spéndəchər ] (plural ex·pen·di·tures)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. money spent: an amount of money spent, as a whole or on a particular thing
when income exceeds expenditure

2. using up: the consuming or using up of something
the huge expenditure of time and human resources on this project

[Mid-18th century. After expenditor "somebody in charge of expenditure"]
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