expenditure
noun
[ ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə ]
• the action of spending funds.
• "the expenditure of taxpayers' money"
Similar:
spending,
paying out,
outlay,
disbursement,
doling out,
lavishing,
squandering,
waste,
wasting,
frittering (away),
dissipation,
dissipating,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor ‘officer in charge of expenditure’, from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere (see expend).
