- spending, disbursement, disbursal, outlay - the act of spending or disbursing money
--1 is a kind of payment, defrayal, defrayment
--1 has particulars:expending, expenditure; deficit spending, compensatory spending, pump priming - outgo, expenditure, outlay - money paid out
--2 is a kind of financial loss
--2 has particulars: cost; expense; transfer payment