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The definition of an expenditure is the act of spending money or time and it is something on which you spend money.
(noun)An example of an expenditure is the money spent on office equipment that you have purchased.
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See expenditure in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the act of expending; a spending or using up of money, time, etc.
- the amount of money, time, etc. expended; expense
Origin: < ML expenditus, irreg. pp. for L expendere + -ure
See expenditure in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or process of expending; outlay.
- a. An amount expended.b. An expense.
Origin:
Origin: Medieval Latin expenditus
Origin: , past participle of expendere, to expend; see expend
Origin: + -ure
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