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Webster 1913 Edition


Expenditure

Ex-pend′iture

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Expenditure

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.