Meaning & use
expenditure
The action of spending money, or the total amount of money spent on something.
See it in a sentence
The government reduced its expenditure on defense to fund new schools.
Household expenditure rose sharply after energy prices increased last winter.
A note on using this word
Expenditure is more formal than 'spending' and is common in financial and government reports.
Words with a similar meaning
spendingoutlay
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Words with an opposite meaning
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