EXPENDITURE


Meaning of EXPENDITURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪkspendɪtʃə(r) ]

( expenditures)

1.

Expenditure is the spending of money on something, or the money that is spent on something. ( FORMAL )

Policies of tax reduction must lead to reduced public expenditure...

They should cut their expenditure on defence...

N-VAR

2.

Expenditure of something such as time or energy is the using of that thing for a particular purpose. ( FORMAL )

The financial rewards justified the expenditure of effort.

N-UNCOUNT : N of n

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