n.

1. The act or process of expending; outlay.
2. 1. An amount expended.
   2. An expense.

[Medieval Latin expenditus, past participle of expendere, to expend; see expend + –URE.]

1. Payment of cash or property, or the incurrence of a liability to obtain an asset or service.

2. In Government Accounting, the incurrence of an actual liability in accordance with governmental authority.

noun

Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result: cost, disbursement, expense, outlay. See transactions.

n

Definition: payment
Antonyms: savings

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Quotes:

"When your OUTGO exceeds your INCOME then your UPKEEP will be your DOWNFALL." - Source Unknown

"You're biggest expense is the money you don't make." - Pante

"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship." - Benjamin Franklin

"Be at the pains of putting down every single item of expenditure whatsoever every day which could possibly be twisted into a professional expense and remember to lump in all the doubtfuls." - Hilaire Belloc

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbrug, udgifter

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgave, uitgaven, het besteden, verbruik

Français (French)
n. - sortie (en comptabilité), dépense, consommation (de munitions, de ressources)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausgaben, Aufwand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δαπάνη, εκταμίευση, κατανάλωση, ποσό δαπάνης, έξοδα

Italiano (Italian)
consumo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - despesa (f), consumo (m)

Русский (Russian)
расход, трата, потребление

Español (Spanish)
n. - gastos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förbrukning, utgivande, slöseri

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
开支, 消费额, 费用

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 開支, 消費額, 費用

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지출

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 支出, 消費, 出費, 費用, 消費高

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نفقه, إنفاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הוצאה (כספית)‬

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