Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process of expending; outlay.
  • noun An amount expended.
  • noun An expense.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of expending; a laying out, using up, or consuming; disbursement; outlay, as of money, materials, labor, time, etc.; used absolutely, outlay of money or pecuniary means.
  • noun That which is expended; expense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.
  • noun That which is expended or paid out; expense.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable, countable Act of expending or paying out.
  • noun uncountable, countable Amount expended; expense; outlay.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of consuming something
  • noun the act of spending money for goods or services
  • noun money paid out; an amount spent

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Medieval Latin expenditus, past participle of expendere, to expend; see expend + –ure.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular plural of expendo ("I weigh, I pay out"), +‎ -ure (“process or result”)

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