expenditure

English

Etymology

From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“I weigh, I pay out”), +‎ -ure (“process or result”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/, /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/, /ɪkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧pen‧di‧ture

Noun

expenditure (usually uncountable, plural expenditures)

1. (uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
2. (uncountable, countable) The amount expended; expense; outlay.

   The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

Synonyms

• (act of expending):
• (amount expended): disbursement, expense, payment, cost, charge, outlay

Derived terms

• capital expenditure
• energy expenditure
• government expenditure

 

Translations

act of expending

• Azerbaijani: xərc (az), xərcləmə
• Catalan: despesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 花費／花费 (zh) (huāfèi)

• Dutch: uitgave (nl)
• Finnish: rahan kulutus, rahan käyttö
• French: dépense (fr) f
• German: Aufwand (de) m
• Greek: δαπάνη (el) f (dapáni), εκταμίευση (el) f (ektamíefsi), έξοδα (el) n pl (éxoda)
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), kifizetés (hu)
• Italian: spesa (it) f
• Malay: perbelanjaan (ms)
• Malayalam: ചെലവ് (ml) (celavŭ)
• Maori: whakapaunga moni, whakapaunga, whakapaunga utu
• Norwegian: forbruk n
• Portuguese: gastamento m
• Russian: расхо́дование (ru) n (rasxódovanije), расхо́д (ru) m (rasxód)
• Spanish: gasto (es) m
• Turkish: harcama (tr)

amount expended

• Bulgarian: разход (bg) m (razhod)
• Catalan: despesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費用／费用 (zh) (fèiyòng), 支出 (zh) (zhīchū)

• Finnish: menoerä, menot (fi) pl
• French: dépense (fr) f
• German: Aufwendungen (de) f pl, Ausgaben (de) f pl, Unkosten (de) n pl
• Greek: δαπάνη (el) f (dapáni), έξοδα (el) n pl (éxoda), έξοδο (el) n (éxodo)
• Hindi: ख़र्च m (xarc)
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), költség (hu)
• Irish: costas m
• Italian:costo (it) m, dispendio (it) m, esborso (it) m
• Japanese: 費用 (ja) (ひよう, hiyō), 支出 (ja) (ししゅつ, shishutsu), 出費 (ja) (しゅっぴ, shuppi)
• Korean: 비용 (ko) (biyong), 지출 (ko) (jichul)
• Ladin: speisa f
• Macedonian: тро́шок m (tróšok), ра́сход m (ráshod)
• Maori: moni whakapaunga, whakapaunga, whakapaunga utu
• Norwegian: forbruk n
• Polish: rozchód m
• Portuguese: despesa (pt) f, gasto (pt) m
• Russian: изде́ржки (ru) f pl (izdéržki), расхо́д (ru) m (rasxód), расхо́ды (ru) pl (rasxódy), затра́ты (ru) f pl (zatráty)
• Sicilian: spisa f
• Venetian: spexa f