expenditure

Funds going out

Expenditure is the act of spending or the amount spent, typically of money, time, or effort.

The word is more formal than spending and appears frequently in economic, governmental, and business contexts: federal expenditures on defense, capital expenditures.

An expenditure of energy or resources implies deliberate use toward some purpose.

fiscal

budget

Plan for spending

allocation · appropriation · cost · payment · outgoings · overhead · deficit · surplus · revenue · treasury

energy

calories

Measures of food energy

output · consumption · depletion · burning · fatigue · stamina · endurance · physical · workout · exhaustion

government

public

Available to all

education · infrastructure · welfare · discretionary · mandatory · appropriation · subsidy · grant · entitlement · procurement

personal

household

Domestic unit of residents

purchasing · retail · transaction · payment · bills · groceries · utilities · rent · mortgage · credit

investment

capital

Wealth used for investment

stocks · bonds · equities · dividends · returns · assets · endowment · annuities · growth · yield

metrics

per capita

For each individual

  • GDPNational output abbreviation
  • GNPNational economic output
  • PPPPublic-private cooperation agreement

ratio · percentage · growth · annual · quarterly · aggregate · total · net · gross · real

Categories
Opposites
financial flow direction

expenditureincome

Regular monetary receipts

revenue · earnings · receipts · gain · proceeds

resource disposition

expendituresavings

Accumulated money kept

saving · conservation · accumulation · retention · preservation

effort and activity

expenditureinaction

Deliberate nonmovement

inactivity · rest · inertia · idleness · dormancy

Phrases
Family

expenditures

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G