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expenditure

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/

The English word “expenditure” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Act of expending or paying out.
  2. The amount expended; expense; outlay.

Etymology

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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