Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-PEND'I-TURE
EX-PEND'I-TURE, n.
- The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement. A corrupt administration is known by extravagant expenditures of public money. National income and expenditure. Price.
- Money expended; expense. The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country. Hamilton.
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