1. Money paid out; an amount spent
   "Their monthly expenditure exceeded their income, leading to financial difficulties";
   - outgo [archaic], spending, outlay, spend
    
2. The act of spending money for goods or services
   "The government's expenditure on infrastructure created many jobs";
   - expending
    
3. The act of consuming something
   "The expenditure of natural resources is a growing concern";
   - consumption, using up
    
4. The amount or manner in which something is used or consumed
   "The company monitored electricity expenditure to improve energy efficiency";
   - usage, consumption

Derived forms: expenditures

Type of: depletion, disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending, transferred possession, transferred property

Encyclopedia: Expenditure