expenditure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EXPEND'ITURE, noun The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. A corrupt administration is known by extravagant expenditures of public money. National income and expenditure 1. Money expended; expense. The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country.
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