Expenditure

11 lettersnounmoderate

Updated February 2026

Definition

The action of spending funds or the amount of money spent. Expenditure refers to costs incurred or payments made for goods, services, or operations.

“The government's annual expenditure on healthcare has increased by ten per cent.”

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Contains three E's and two X's. Watch for the pattern EXPEN and the -DITURE ending.

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Worth 21 points base value. The X (8 points) and D (2 points) offer good scoring potential.

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