Expenditure vs Salary - What's the difference?
expenditure | salary |
(uncountable, countable) Act of expending or paying out.
(uncountable, countable) Amount expended; expense; outlay.
A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.
* Shakespeare
* 1668 July 3rd, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
As nouns the difference between expenditure and salary
is that expenditure is (uncountable|countable) act of expending or paying out while salary is a fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually measured on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages implies a degree of professionalism and/or autonomy.As a verb salary is
to pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.As an adjective salary is
(obsolete) saline.expenditure
English
Noun
(en-noun)- The expenditure of time, money, and political capital on this project has been excessive.
Synonyms
* (act of expending) * (amount expended) disbursement, expense, payment, cost, charge, outlaysalary
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(salaries)- This is hire and salary , not revenge.
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- Andrew Hou?toun'' and ''Adam Mu?het'', being Tack?men of the Excize, did Imploy ''Thomas Rue'' to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound ''Sterling for a year.