1. (n.) The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

2. (n.) That which is expended or paid out; expense.

ablation absorption accounts accounts payable accounts receivable amount assets assimilation attrition budget budgeting burning up charge consumption cost costing-out damage decrease decrement depletion depreciation digestion disbursement dissipation drain eating up erosion evaporation exhaustion expending expenditures expense fee figure finishing impoverishment ingestion leakage liabilities outgoings outlay outstanding accounts payment price price tag rate receipts score shrinkage spending squandering tab unpaid accounts using using up wastage waste wastefulness wasting away wearing wearing away wearing down