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expenditure

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
  • Canada, General-American: /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
  • California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɪkˈspendɪt͡ʃə/
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P EH1 N D AH0 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: IH0 K S P EH1 N D IH0 CH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Act of expending or paying out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The amount expended; expense; outlay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, usually

Examples

  • The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of consuming something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consumption, using up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: depletion

Narrower terms: burnup

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of spending money for goods or services

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: expending

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay

5

noun

Meaning 5

money paid out; an amount spent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: outgo, spending, outlay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transferred property, transferred possession

Narrower terms: cost, expense, transfer payment

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَرْف (ṣarf) — act of expending
  • Azerbaijani: xərc — act of expending
  • Azerbaijani: xərcləmə — act of expending
  • Bulgarian: разходване (razhodvane) — act of expending
  • Catalan: despesa — act of expending
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花費 /花费 (huāfèi) — act of expending
  • Czech: vynaložení — act of expending
  • Dutch: uitgave — act of expending
  • Finnish: rahan kulutus — act of expending
  • Finnish: rahan käyttö — act of expending
  • French: dépense — act of expending
  • German: Aufwand — act of expending
  • Greek: δαπάνη (dapáni) — act of expending
  • Greek: εκταμίευση (ektamíefsi) — act of expending
  • Greek: έξοδα (éxoda) — act of expending
  • Hindi: व्यय (vyay) — act of expending
  • Hindi: लागत (lāgat) — act of expending
  • Hungarian: kiadás — act of expending
  • Hungarian: kifizetés — act of expending
  • Italian: spesa — act of expending
  • Japanese: 消費 (shōhi) — act of expending
  • Macedonian: тро́шење (tróšenje) — act of expending
  • Malay: perbelanjaan — act of expending
  • Malayalam: ചെലവ് (celavŭ) — act of expending
  • Māori: whakapaunga moni — act of expending
  • Māori: whakapaunga — act of expending
  • Māori: whakapaunga utu — act of expending
  • Norwegian: forbruk — act of expending
  • Portuguese: gastamento — act of expending
  • Russian: расхо́дование (rasxódovanije) — act of expending
  • Russian: расхо́д (rasxód) — act of expending
  • Spanish: gasto — act of expending
  • Spanish: desembolso — act of expending
  • Spanish: gastamiento — act of expending
  • Spanish: expendición — act of expending
  • Spanish: expendio — act of expending
  • Turkish: harcama — act of expending
  • Ottoman Turkish: اخراج (ihrâc) — act of expending
  • Ukrainian: ви́трачення (výtračennja) — act of expending
  • Ukrainian: ви́трата (výtrata) — act of expending
  • Uzbek: sarf — act of expending
  • Arabic: مَصَارِيف (maṣārīf) — amount expended
  • Arabic: تَكَالِيف (takālīf) — amount expended
  • Bulgarian: разход (razhod) — amount expended
  • Catalan: despesa — amount expended
  • Chinese Mandarin: 費用 /费用 (fèiyòng) — amount expended
  • Chinese Mandarin: 支出 (zhīchū) — amount expended
  • Czech: výdaje — amount expended
  • Czech: výdaj — amount expended
  • Czech: výlohy — amount expended
  • Czech: vydání — amount expended
  • Finnish: menoerä — amount expended
  • Finnish: menot — amount expended
  • French: dépense — amount expended
  • German: Aufwendungen — amount expended
  • German: Ausgaben — amount expended
  • German: Unkosten — amount expended
  • Greek: δαπάνη (dapáni) — amount expended
  • Greek: έξοδα (éxoda) — amount expended
  • Greek: έξοδο (éxodo) — amount expended
  • Hindi: व्यय (vyay) — amount expended
  • Hindi: लागत (lāgat) — amount expended
  • Hindi: ख़र्च (xarc) — amount expended
  • Hungarian: kiadás — amount expended
  • Hungarian: költség — amount expended
  • Irish: costas — amount expended
  • Italian: costo — amount expended
  • Italian: dispendio — amount expended
  • Italian: esborso — amount expended
  • Japanese: 費用 (hiyō) — amount expended
  • Japanese: 支出 (shishutsu) — amount expended
  • Japanese: 出費 (shuppi) — amount expended
  • Korean: 비용 (biyong) — amount expended
  • Korean: 지출 (jichul) — amount expended
  • Ladin: speisa — amount expended
  • Macedonian: тро́шок (tróšok) — amount expended
  • Macedonian: ра́сход (ráshod) — amount expended
  • Māori: moni whakapaunga — amount expended
  • Māori: whakapaunga — amount expended
  • Māori: whakapaunga utu — amount expended
  • Norwegian: forbruk — amount expended
  • Polish: rozchód — amount expended
  • Portuguese: despesa — amount expended
  • Portuguese: gasto — amount expended
  • Russian: изде́ржки (izdéržki) — amount expended
  • Russian: расхо́д (rasxód) — amount expended
  • Russian: расхо́ды (rasxódy) — amount expended
  • Russian: затра́ты (zatráty) — amount expended
  • Sicilian: spisa — amount expended
  • Spanish: expendio — amount expended
  • Spanish: gasto — amount expended
  • Spanish: gastos — amount expended
  • Spanish: gastamiento — amount expended
  • Spanish: desembolso — amount expended
  • Ottoman Turkish: خرج (harc) — amount expended
  • Ukrainian: ви́трати (výtraty) — amount expended
  • Venetan: spexa — amount expended
Real reading context

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