Etymology

expenditure

ex·pen·di·ture
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Today it means: Act of expending or paying out. Full definition →

Medieval Latin expenditus
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromexpenditus
  2. English todayexpenditure

From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”).

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