expenditure
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
expenditure /ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃə, ɛk-/
▶noun
- 1 the action of spending funds.
■ the amount of money spent.
- 2 the use of energy or other resources.
'expenditure' also found in these Oxford entries:
account
- bean counter
- belt
- budget
- cap
- cost
- cutback
- deficit
- diminish
- expense
- false economy
- imprest
- line
- outgo
- outgoing
- petty cash
- privy purse
- purse
- quaestor
- spending money
- sumptuary
- surplus
- unearned increment
