expenditure
Other forms: expenditures
In a trip budget, you need to add up all your expenditures, such as hotel, car rental and food costs against the money you have brought to spend. An expenditure is money spent on something.
Expenditure is often used when people are talking about budgets. It is the government's job to decide what to do with tax money collected, or in other words, to determine the expenditure of public funds. The word is more than a long way of saying expense. In business, an expenditure implies an investment, something that will bring value over time.
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the act of spending money for goods or services
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synonyms:
expending
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type of:
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disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending
the act of spending or disbursing money
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disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending
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the act of consuming something
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synonyms:
consumption, using up
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money paid out; an amount spent
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Antonyms:
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income
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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cost
the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
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expense
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
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transfer payment
a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services
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disbursal, disbursement, expense
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
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capital expenditure
the cost of long-term improvements
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payment
a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
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ransom, ransom money
money demanded for the return of a captured person
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cost overrun
excess of cost over budget
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cost of living
average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing)
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borrowing cost
the cost of borrowing something
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distribution cost
any cost incurred by a producer or wholesaler or retailer or distributor (as for advertising and shipping etc)
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handling charge, handling cost
the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order)
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marketing cost
the cost of marketing (e.g., the cost of transferring title and moving goods to the customer)
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production cost
combined costs of raw material and labor incurred in producing goods
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replacement cost
current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness
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physical value, reproduction cost
cost of reproducing physical property minus various allowances (especially depreciation)
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unit cost
calculated cost for a given unit of a product
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damage, price, terms
the amount of money needed to purchase something
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price
cost of bribing someone
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opportunity cost
cost in terms of foregoing alternatives
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portage
the cost of carrying or transporting
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incidental, incidental expense, minor expense
(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
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travel expense
(frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer
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charge
the price charged for some article or service
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type of:
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transferred possession, transferred property
a possession whose ownership changes or lapses
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income
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