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Webster 1913 Edition

Expenditure

Ex-pend′iture

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Noun.
1.
The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.
Our
expenditure
purchased commerce and conquest.
Burke.
2.
That which is expended or paid out; expense.
The receipts and
expenditures
of this extensive country.
A. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Expenditure

EXPEND'ITURE

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Noun.
The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. A corrupt administration is known by extravagant expenditures of public money.
National income and expenditure.
1.
Money expended; expense.
The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country.

Definition 2024

expenditure

expenditure

English

Noun

expenditure ‎(usually uncountable, plural expenditures)

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

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Etymology

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

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