Expenditure

n.	1.	The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest. - Burke.
	2.	That which is expended or paid out; expense. The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country. - A. Hamilton.

Noun	1.	expenditure - money paid out Synonyms: outgo, outlay
	2.	expenditure - the act of spending money for goods or services Synonyms: expending
	3.	expenditure - the act of consuming something Synonyms: using up, consumption

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