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Expenditure
Pronunciation : Ex*pend"iture
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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 : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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