ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Expenditure', Synonyms of 'Expenditure' & More on 'Expenditure'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

expenditure
    n 1: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: outgo, spending,
         expenditure, outlay] [ant: income]
    2: the act of spending money for goods or services [syn:
       expending, expenditure]
    3: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using
       up, expenditure]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Expenditure \Ex*pend"iture\, n.
   1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money;
      disbursement.
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            Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest.
                                                  --Burke.
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   2. That which is expended or paid out; expense.
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            The receipts and expenditures of this extensive
            country.                              --A. Hamilton.
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Thesaurus Results for expenditure:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ablation, absorption, accounts, accounts payable, accounts receivable, amount, assets, assimilation, attrition, budget, budgeting, burning up, charge, consumption, cost, costing-out, damage, decrease, decrement, depletion, depreciation, digestion, disbursement, dissipation, drain, eating up, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expending, expenditures, expense, fee, figure, finishing, impoverishment, ingestion, leakage, liabilities, outgoings, outlay, outstanding accounts, payment, price, price tag, rate, receipts, score, shrinkage, spending, squandering, tab, unpaid accounts, using, using up, wastage, waste, wastefulness, wasting away, wearing, wearing away, wearing down

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