expenditure
Syllables: ex·pen·di·tureUK/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə//ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/
expenditure noun: act of expending or paying out.
Noun
expenditure (usually uncountable, plural expenditures)
expenditure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
expenditure in Hindi
- act of expending
- व्यय vyay, लागत lāgat
- amount expended
- व्यय vyay, लागत lāgat, ख़र्च xarc
expenditure in Tamil
- செலவு, செலவினம்
expenditure in Marathi
- expenditure, expense, spending
- खर्च kharċa
expenditure in Urdu
- expenditure, spending
- خرچ xarc
- expenditure, expense, use
- صرف sarf
More languagesFewer languages
- expenditure in Bengali
- খরচ khoroc, ব্যয় bêẏ
- expenditure in Telugu
- వ్యయము vyayamu
- expenditure in Malayalam
- ചെലവ് celavŭ
- expenditure in Kannada
- ಖರ್ಚು, ಖರ್ಚುಮಾಡುವ ಹಣ, ವ್ಯಯ, ವೆಚ್ಚ
- expenditure in Punjabi
- ਖਰਚ kharac
- expenditure in Gujarati
- ખરચો kharco
- expenditure in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ଯ଼
- expenditure in Assamese
- খৰচ khoros
- expenditure in Arabic
- صَرْف ṣarf, مَصَارِيف maṣārīf, تَكَالِيف takālīf
- expenditure in Malay
- perbelanjaan
Examples of expenditure in a sentence
- The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.
- Only prudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget.
- We compared nonresting energy expenditure in the two species.
Synonyms of expenditure
Forms of expenditure
| plural | expenditures |
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Origin of expenditure
From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”).
Words formed from expenditure
Questions about expenditure
- What does expenditure mean?
- Expenditure means act of expending or paying out.
- What is expenditure in Hindi?
- Expenditure in Hindi is व्यय (vyay), लागत (lāgat), ख़र्च (xarc). See Expenditure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is expenditure?
- Expenditure is a noun.
- How do you pronounce expenditure?
- Expenditure is pronounced /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of expenditure?
- The plural of expenditure is expenditures.
Words near expenditure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: expenditure (page history and authors); expenditure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खर्च (Marathi) (page history and authors); خرچ (Urdu) (page history and authors); খরচ (Bengali) (page history and authors); వ్యయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); expenditure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖਰਚ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ખરચો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); expenditure (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); খৰচ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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