| expenditure | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending | money paid out; an amount spent. |
| ~ transferred possession, transferred property | a possession whose ownership changes or lapses. |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer.; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" |
| ~ transfer payment | a public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services. |
| n. (act) | 2. expending, expenditure | the act of spending money for goods or services. |
| ~ outlay, spending, disbursal, disbursement | the act of spending or disbursing money. |
| n. (act) | 3. consumption, expenditure, using up | the act of consuming something. |
| ~ depletion | the act of decreasing something markedly. |
| ~ burnup | the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor). |
| expense | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. disbursal, disbursement, expense | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ business expense, trade expense | ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade. |
| ~ interest expense | interest paid on loans. |
| ~ lobbying expense | expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation.; "many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer" |
| ~ medical expense | amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems. |
| ~ non-cash expense | an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash. |
| ~ moving expense | the cost of moving your residence from one location to another. |
| ~ budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes. |
| ~ personal expense | the cost of personal or family living.; "some personal expenses are tax deductible" |
| n. (event) | 2. expense | a detriment or sacrifice.; "at the expense of" |
| ~ detriment, hurt | a damage or loss. |
| n. (possession) | 3. expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer.; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" |
| ~ expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending | money paid out; an amount spent. |
| ~ incidental, incidental expense, minor expense | (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified.; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" |
| ~ travel expense | (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer. |
| v. (change) | 4. expense, write down, write off | reduce the estimated value of something.; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" |
| ~ depreciate | lower the value of something.; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" |
| outlay | | |
| n. (act) | 1. disbursal, disbursement, outlay, spending | the act of spending or disbursing money. |
| ~ defrayal, defrayment, payment | the act of paying money. |
| ~ expending, expenditure | the act of spending money for goods or services. |
| ~ compensatory spending, deficit spending, pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing; used by governments to stimulate their economy. |
| spend | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. pass, spend | pass time in a specific way.; "how are you spending your summer vacation?" |
| ~ soldier | serve as a soldier in the military. |
| ~ slum | spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive.; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" |
| ~ weekend | spend the weekend. |
| ~ holiday, vacation | spend or take a vacation. |
| ~ serve, do | spend time in prison or in a labor camp.; "He did six years for embezzlement" |
| ~ while away, get through | spend or pass, as with boredom or in a pleasant manner; of time. |
| ~ sojourn | spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily. |
| ~ overwinter, winter | spend the winter.; "We wintered on the Riviera"; "Shackleton's men overwintered on Elephant Island" |
| ~ summer | spend the summer.; "We summered in Kashmir" |
| v. (possession) | 2. drop, expend, spend | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ ware, squander, consume, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| ~ afford | be able to spare or give up.; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on.; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
| ~ trifle away, wanton away, wanton | spend wastefully.; "wanton one's money away" |
| ~ underspend | spend at less than the normal rate. |
| ~ misspend | spend (money or other resources) unwisely. |
| ~ nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch | spend money frugally; spend as little as possible. |
| ~ invest, commit, put, place | make an investment.; "Put money into bonds" |
| ~ economise, economize, save | spend sparingly, avoid the waste of.; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" |
| ~ lay out | spend or invest.; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit" |
| ~ piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away | waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. |
| ~ misspend | spend time badly or unwisely.; "He misspent his youth" |
| v. (possession) | 3. spend | spend completely.; "I spend my pocket money in two days" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| ~ overspend | spend more than available of (a budget). |
| ~ underspend | spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example). |
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