ikˈspendə̇chə(r), ek-, -dēchə(r); -dəˌchu̇(ə)r, -u̇ə, -dəˌtu̇-, -də.ˌtyu̇- noun
( -s )
Etymology: expendit- (as in expenditor ) + -ure
1. : the act or process of expending
with the expenditure of five or six thousand dollars for refurbishing, lighting, advertising, she could have held her own — Mary J. Rolfs
individual stars which maintain their luminosity by the expenditure of nuclear energy — George Gamow
2. : something that is expended : disbursement , expense
only after ten years of practice did his income equal his expenditures — R.H.Shryock
3. in accrual-basis accounting : an outlay or the creation of a liability for an asset or expense item