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Added 9 October 2026

expenditure

/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/ noun

Latin root: expenditus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about expenditure at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Money paid out; an amount spent.
The act of spending money for goods or services.
The act of consuming something.

Origin

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

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