Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Expenditure \Ex*pend"iture\, n.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

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