expenditure
noun/ɪkˈspɛndɪtʃər/
Frequency rank: #5,744 most common English word
Meaning
The amount of money spent on something; an act of spending money or resources.
Example sentence
The government announced plans to reduce military expenditure by ten percent next year.
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