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expenditure
What does expenditure mean?
expenditure (noun): money paid out; an amount spent.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use expenditure in a sentence?
- We should strike a balance between our expenditure and income. (Tatoeba sentence #22917 by auxitt, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce expenditure?
/ɪkˈspɛndətʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does expenditure come from?
From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of expenditure?
Words related to expenditure
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “expenditure” mean?
a location or position in space
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money paid out; an amount spent
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something that exerts influence
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the operator of a motor vehicle
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research
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security
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spending
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position
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