Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

809. Expenditure — N. expenditure, money going out; out goings, out

lay; expenses, disbursement; prime cost &c (price) 812; circulation; run upon a bank. payment &c 807 [Money paid]; pay &c (remuneration) 973; bribe &c 973; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation &c 784. pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment. investment; purchase &c 795. V. expend, spend; run through, get through; pay, disburse; ante, ante up; pony up [U.S.]; open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings; lay out, shell out [Slang], fork out [Slang], fork over; bleed; make up a sum, invest, sink money. run up debts, run up bills (debt) 806. fee &c (reward) 973; pay one's way &c (pay) 807; subscribe &c (give) 784; subsidize. Adj. expending, expended &c v.; sumptuary. Phr. vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae [Lat.] [Cicero].