| NOUN | possession | expenditure, outgo, spending, outlay | money paid out |
|---|---|---|---|
| act | expenditure, expending | the act of spending money for goods or services | |
| act | expenditure, consumption, using up | the act of consuming something |
| Sounds | ihkspeh'ndahcher; ihkspeh'ndihcher | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acupuncture ... welcher: 102 rhymes with cher... | |
| Meaning | money paid out; an amount spent. | |
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| Synonyms | outgo, spending, outlay | |
| Narrower | cost | The total / total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor |
| expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer | |
| transfer payment | A public expenditure (as for unemployment compensation or veteran's benefits) that is not for goods and services | |
| Broader | transferred property, transferred possession | A possession whose ownership changes or lapses |
| Opposite | income | The financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time |
| Spanish | desembolso, gasto, gastos | |
| Catalan | desemborsament, despesa, despeses | |
| Verbs | expend | pay out |
| Meaning | The act of spending money for goods or services. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | expending | |
| Broader | spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay | The act of spending or disbursing money |
| Spanish | gasto | |
| Catalan | despesa | |
| Verbs | expend | pay out |
| Meaning | The act of consuming something. | |
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| Synonyms | consumption, using up | |
| Narrower | burnup | The amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor) |
| Broader | depletion | The act of decreasing something markedly |
| Spanish | consumo | |
| Catalan | consum | |
| Verbs | expend | use up, consume fully |
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