Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To lay out; to spread out; to display.2. (n.) A laying out or expending. 3. (n.) That which is expended; expenditure. 4. (n.) An outlying haunt. Thesaurus budget cost cost out disburse disbursement expend expenditure expense fork out give go through incur costs invest lay out money going out open the purse outflow outgo outgoings pay pay out payment put out run through schedule shell out sink money in spend spending spendings splurge squander throw money around |