expenditure

/ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃər/

noun★Intermediate

💰Finance

formal

The amount of money spent or used for a particular purpose or during a specific period.

Government expenditure on healthcare has risen significantly in recent years.

The government is spending more on healthcare now than before.

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Often used in financial reports, budgets, and economic analyses.

general

The act of spending money or resources.

Personal expenditure includes daily expenses like food and transportation.

This refers to the money individuals spend on everyday needs.

Collocations

government expendituremoney spent by the governmenthousehold expendituremoney spent by a familycapital expendituremoney spent on long-term assets

capital expenditurephrase

money spent on acquiring or maintaining fixed assets

operating expenditurephrase

day-to-day expenses required for running a business

Use 'expenditure' in formal contexts like financial reports. For everyday speech, 'spending' is more common.

'Expenditures' is the plural form, often used in financial contexts.

From Latin 'expendere' (to pay out) + '-iture' (noun suffix). First recorded in English in the 16th century.

Often used in formal contexts like financial reports. Can refer to both planned and actual spending.

ex-

out

prefix

-pend

to pay

root

-iture

action or result

suffix

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