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expenditure

  • /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/ UK
  • /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/ UK
  • /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/ Canada, US
  • /ɪkˈspendɪt͡ʃə/ Australia

Where it comes from

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

noun expenditures

  1. countable, uncountable, usually Act of expending or paying out.
  2. countable, uncountable, usually The amount expended; expense; outlay. The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: outlay, expending, outgo, consumption, using up, expense, spending, spend, disbursal, disbursement, payout, payment, cost, charge, defrayable, provision

Translations

Every language

noun act of expending

Españolgasto, desembolso, gastamiento, expendición, expendio
日本語消費 shōhi
中文花費 /花费 huāfèi
हिन्दीव्यय vyay, लागत lāgat
Portuguêsgastamento
Françaisdépense
DeutschAufwand
Italianospesa
Ελληνικάδαπάνη dapáni, εκταμίευση ektamíefsi, έξοδα éxoda
Русскийрасхо́дование rasxódovanije, расхо́д rasxód
العربيةصَرْف ṣarf

noun amount expended

Españolexpendio, gasto, gastos, gastamiento, desembolso
한국어비용 biyong, 지출 jichul
日本語費用 hiyō, 支出 shishutsu, 出費 shuppi
中文費用 /费用 fèiyòng, 支出 zhīchū
हिन्दीव्यय vyay, लागत lāgat, ख़र्च xarc
Portuguêsdespesa, gasto
Françaisdépense
DeutschAufwendungen, Ausgaben, Unkosten
Italianocosto, dispendio, esborso
Ελληνικάδαπάνη dapáni, έξοδα éxoda, έξοδο éxodo
Русскийизде́ржки izdéržki, расхо́д rasxód, расхо́ды rasxódy, затра́ты zatráty
العربيةمَصَارِيف maṣārīf, تَكَالِيف takālīf

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@misc{expenditure_2026,
  title = {expenditure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expenditure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}