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# expenditure

noun (expenditure, expenditures; often uncountable) — formal

«expenditure» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) The total amount of money spent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#m1)
2. (formal) Using up energy, time or effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#m2)

### In the lessons

A stiff exam and business word: "the club's expenditure was 300 dollars" means it spent 300. In budgets, income minus expenditure is what is left. In science: energy expenditure. Phrases: total expenditure, expenditure on.

### Examples

- The school's expenditure on books was 500 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x1)
- Income minus expenditure gives your savings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x2)
- Her weekly expenditure on snacks is 6 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x3)
- Running uses a big expenditure of energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x4)
- The council cut its expenditure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x5)
- Find the total expenditure if 4 tickets cost 12 dollars each. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x6)
- Sometimes the fair Persian consented to appear at these festivities, but she disapproved of this lavish expenditure, and did not scruple to warn Noureddin of the probable consequences. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/#x7)

### Note

Formal; everyday words: spending, costs. Opposite: income. Maths: expenditure is money going out, so subtract it from what you had.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «expenditure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expenditure/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expenditure» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expenditure.html) on Mova free.