expenditure

About 17.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Act of expending or paying out.
2. noun The amount expended; expense; outlay.

   The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.

Similar words

outlay expending outgo consumption using up expense spending spend disbursal disbursement

Often followed by

of on in and for is was to by

Word family

expenditures