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expenditure

noun
/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/UK/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃɚ/CA/ɪkˈspendɪt͡ʃə/

Etymology

From stem of Medieval Latin expenditus, irregular perfect passive participle of expendō (“to weigh, to pay out”), + -ure (“process or result”).

  1. derived from expenditus

Definitions

  1. Act of expending or paying out.

  2. The amount expended

    The amount expended; expense; outlay.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at expenditure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at expenditure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at expenditure

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA