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Perfect Stranger Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Expenditure(s) vs expense(s?)

Dear Users,


Is there any difference between expense(s) and expenditure(s) ?

Can both be used in the plural form?

Would you say a list of expenses during the last trip or a list of expenditures during the last trip?


Thank you

  

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Perfect Stranger Is there any difference between expense(s) and expenditure(s) ? Yes. Expenditures is a more restricted (and rarer) word.

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  • Perfect Stranger Is there any difference between expense(s) and expenditure(s) ?
  • Yes.
  • Expenditures is a more restricted (and rarer) word.
  • It refers more to bills already paid (the past).
  • The context is primarily government or business, not individuals.
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Perfect StrangerIs there any difference between expense(s) and expenditure(s) ?

Yes.

Expenditures is a more restricted (and rarer) word. It refers more to bills already paid (the past). The context is primarily government or business, not individuals.

Expenses may or may not be paid and can refer to future or past.

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