expenditure

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun money paid out; an amount spent
  2. noun the act of spending money for goods or services
  3. noun the act of consuming something

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

outgo, spending, outlay

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