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expenditure

expenditure: listen to British English pronunciationexpenditure: listen to American pronunciation /ɪkˈspendɪtʃər/ noun [U] formal

Translation

SPENDING
the total amount of money that a government or person spends
harcama, masraf
The government's annual expenditure on arms has been reduced.
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USING SOMETHING
when you use energy, time, or money
harcama, tüketim, kullanım
There has not been enough expenditure of effort on this project.
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(Definition of expenditure noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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