Basic Details
Word: Expenditure
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: The money spent on something, or the act of spending it. It can also mean the use of time or energy.
Synonyms: spending, outlay, expense, cost
Antonyms: income, revenue, earnings
How to Spell Expenditure
Syllables: ex - pen - di - ture
Tricky part: After expend comes iture: the vowel before t is i, and the word ends in ture, not ter or cher.
Watch out for: expendeture, expenditur, expentiture
Memory tip: Expend means to spend, and you can almost see spend inside: ex-PEND-i-ture. Spend it, then add iture.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The family cut its expenditure on eating out to save for a new laptop.
Example 2: The school's biggest expenditure this year was the new science lab.
Example 3: Keep a notebook of your daily expenditure for a week.
Fun Fact
The Union Budget, presented in Parliament by the Finance Minister usually on 1 February, sets out how much the Government of India plans to spend in the coming year.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word expenditure as used in the sentence:
The shopkeeper noted every expenditure in a red notebook.
a) spending
b) outlay
c) income
d) cost
Show answer
c) income. Income is money coming in; expenditure is money going out.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct letters to form a word:
expend_t_re
a) i, o
b) i, u
c) e, u
d) a, u
Show answer
b) i, u. The vowel before t is i, and the word ends in ture.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. expenditure 2. salery 3. budjit 4. revenu
a) a plan for how money will be spent
b) the amount of money spent
c) income, especially of a government or company
d) fixed pay for a job, usually paid monthly
Show answer
b) the amount of money spent. Revenue needs ue, budget has a g and salary ar; that leaves expenditure, the money spent.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. For a school, paying for new desks counts as ____.
a) income
b) a fee
c) expenditure
d) a grant
Show answer
c) expenditure
2. If a family's expenditure is greater than its income, it will ____.
a) run short of money
b) pay less tax
c) save a lot
d) become rich
Show answer
a) run short of money
