expenditure
part of speech
noun (expenditure, expenditures; often uncountable) — formal
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) The total amount of money spent. tree →
2) (formal) Using up energy, time or effort. tree →
sense in the lessons
A stiff exam and business word: "the club's expenditure was 300 dollars" means it spent 300. In budgets, income minus expenditure is what is left. In science: energy expenditure. Phrases: total expenditure, expenditure on.
examples
- The school's expenditure on books was 500 dollars. tree →
- Income minus expenditure gives your savings. tree →
- Her weekly expenditure on snacks is 6 dollars. tree →
- Running uses a big expenditure of energy. tree →
- The council cut its expenditure. tree →
- Find the total expenditure if 4 tickets cost 12 dollars each. tree →
- Sometimes the fair Persian consented to appear at these festivities, but she disapproved of this lavish expenditure, and did not scruple to warn Noureddin of the probable consequences. tree →
note
Formal; everyday words: spending, costs. Opposite: income. Maths: expenditure is money going out, so subtract it from what you had.
Trees and pragmatics
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