The new equipment is not worth the expenditure.新设备不值这笔开支。
Renovations required an expenditure of about 1000 dollars.设备更新花了1000美元左右。
We limited our expenditure to what is necessary.我们把开销限制在必要的范围内。

［词源］＜中古拉丁语expenditus(支出,花费)