Definition of "expenditure" []

• The act or process of expending; outlay. (noun)
• An amount expended. (noun)
• An expense. (noun)

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• "Is there not a money shortage, 20% cut back in expenditure is required The Mercs and rollers are to stay, so back to shanks ponies boys."
• "But the article suggests that the most worthwhile expenditure is on education, and books at all levels, whether text books or guides or even mind-expanding fiction, are an education waiting to happen."
• "For once I basically agree, so long as expenditure is progressive."