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expenditure

ex·pen·di·ture

UK/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/UK/ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/Canada, US/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/Canada, US/ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableusuallyAct of expending or paying out.
  2. countableuncountableusuallyThe amount expended; expense; outlay.

    The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

    Synonyms: disbursement, expense, payment, cost, charge, outlay

In a sentence

The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

Where it comes from

  1. Medieval Latinexpenditus
  2. Englishexpenditure

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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