One way to hold it: the total that went out. Look at the account for the year and this is everything spent — not one purchase, but the flow leaving the pot. English uses the same accounting eye for time and energy: how much of it was used up doing something.
可以想成一段時間內「流出去的總量」：看整年的帳，這是花掉的全部——不是某一筆消費，而是從那口袋裡出去的那條流。英文也用同樣的會計眼光看時間和力氣：做這件事總共耗掉了多少。
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
expenditurenoun/ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
- 1
Act of expending or paying out.
- 2
The amount expended; expense; outlay.
- The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。