expenditure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun money paid out; an amount spent
    spending; outlay; outgo.
  2. noun the act of spending money for goods or services
    expending.
  3. noun the act of consuming something
    using up; consumption.

WordNet


Ex*pend"iture noun
Definitions
  1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.
    our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. Burke.
  2. That which is expended or paid out; expense.
    The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country. A. Hamilton.

Webster 1913