The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Expenditure \Ex*pend"iture\, n.
   1. The act of expending; a laying out, as of money;
      disbursement.
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            Our expenditure purchased commerce and conquest.
                                                  --Burke.
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   2. That which is expended or paid out; expense.
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            The receipts and expenditures of this extensive
            country.                              --A. Hamilton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

expenditure
    n 1: money paid out; an amount spent [syn: outgo, spending,
         expenditure, outlay] [ant: income]
    2: the act of spending money for goods or services [syn:
       expending, expenditure]
    3: the act of consuming something [syn: consumption, using
       up, expenditure]