expenditure

/ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/ noun [U] formal

Definition

SPENDING › the total amount of money that a government or person spends: The government's annual expenditure on arms has been reduced.

USING SOMETHING › when you use energy, time, or money: There has not been enough expenditure of effort on this project.

(Definition of expenditure noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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