the action of spending funds:the expenditure of taxpayers' money
an amount of money spent:cuts in public expenditure
the use of energy, time, or other resources:work is the expenditure of energy
Origin:
mid 18th century: from expend, suggested by obsolete expenditor 'officer in charge of expenditure', from medieval Latin, from expenditus, irregular past participle of Latin expendere(see expend)
expenditure in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of expenditure in the US English dictionary
