/ Dictionary / Index E expenditure: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ex•pend•i•ture Pronunciation: (ik-spen'di-chur), [key] — n. the act of expending something, esp. funds; disbursement; consumption. something that is expended; expense: Unnecessary expenditures include those for luxury items. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: expenditure (Thesaurus) expendable expense Related Content Daily Word Quiz: cetacean Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language