Meanings
nounexpenditure (usually uncountable, plural expenditures)
plural expenditures
- countableuncountableusuallyAct of expending or paying out.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounmoney paid out; an amount spent
Broader
transferred propertytransferred possession
nounthe act of spending money for goods or services
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Medieval Latinexpenditus
- 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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صَرْف, مَصَارِيف
- صَرْف (ṣarf)act of expending
- مَصَارِيف (maṣārīf)amount expended
- تَكَالِيف (takālīf)amount expended
Bulgarian разходване, разход
- разходване (razhodvane)act of expending
- разход (razhod)amount expended
Catalan despesa, despesa
- despesaact of expending
- despesaamount expended
Chinese Mandarin 花費 /花费, 費用 /费用
- 花費 /花费 (huāfèi)act of expending
- 費用 /费用 (fèiyòng)amount expended
- 支出 (zhīchū)amount expended
Czech vynaložení, výdaje
- vynaloženíact of expending
- výdajeamount expended
- výdajamount expended
- výlohyamount expended
- vydáníamount expended
Dutch uitgave
- uitgaveact of expending
Finnish rahan kulutus, rahan käyttö
- rahan kulutusact of expending
- rahan käyttöact of expending
- menoeräamount expended
- menotamount expended
French dépense, dépense
- dépenseact of expending
- dépenseamount expended
German Aufwand, Aufwendungen
- Aufwandact of expending
- Aufwendungenamount expended
- Ausgabenamount expended
- Unkostenamount expended
Greek δαπάνη, εκταμίευση
- δαπάνη (dapáni)act of expending
- εκταμίευση (ektamíefsi)act of expending
- έξοδα (éxoda)act of expending
- δαπάνη (dapáni)amount expended
- έξοδα (éxoda)amount expended
- έξοδο (éxodo)amount expended
Hindi व्यय, लागत
- व्यय (vyay)act of expending
- लागत (lāgat)act of expending
- व्यय (vyay)amount expended
- लागत (lāgat)amount expended
- ख़र्च (xarc)amount expended
Hungarian kiadás, kifizetés
- kiadásact of expending
- kifizetésact of expending
- kiadásamount expended
- költségamount expended
Irish costas
- costasamount expended
Italian spesa, costo
- spesaact of expending
- costoamount expended
- dispendioamount expended
- esborsoamount expended
Japanese 消費, 費用
- 消費 (shōhi)act of expending
- 費用 (hiyō)amount expended
- 支出 (shishutsu)amount expended
- 出費 (shuppi)amount expended
Korean 비용, 지출
- 비용 (biyong)amount expended
- 지출 (jichul)amount expended
Malay perbelanjaan
- perbelanjaanact of expending
Māori whakapaunga moni, whakapaunga
- whakapaunga moniact of expending
- whakapaungaact of expending
- whakapaunga utuact of expending
- moni whakapaungaamount expended
- whakapaungaamount expended
- whakapaunga utuamount expended
Norwegian forbruk, forbruk
- forbrukact of expending
- forbrukamount expended
Polish rozchód
- rozchódamount expended
Portuguese gastamento, despesa
- gastamentoact of expending
- despesaamount expended
- gastoamount expended
Russian расхо́дование, расхо́д
- расхо́дование (rasxódovanije)act of expending
- расхо́д (rasxód)act of expending
- изде́ржки (izdéržki)amount expended
- расхо́д (rasxód)amount expended
- расхо́ды (rasxódy)amount expended
- затра́ты (zatráty)amount expended
Spanish gasto, desembolso
- gastoact of expending
- desembolsoact of expending
- gastamientoact of expending
- expendiciónact of expending
- expendioact of expending
- expendioamount expended
- gastoamount expended
- gastosamount expended
- gastamientoamount expended
- desembolsoamount expended
Turkish harcama
- harcamaact of expending
Ukrainian ви́трачення, ви́трата
- ви́трачення (výtračennja)act of expending
- ви́трата (výtrata)act of expending
- ви́трати (výtraty)amount expended
Cite this entry
APA
expenditure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expenditure
MLA
“expenditure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expenditure. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expenditure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expenditure.
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