How to say "expenditure" in Japanese

• 消費しょうひJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbFundamentally 'consumption'—using goods, energy or resources up. As 'expenditure' it means spending on goods and services, typically household or consumer spending, rather than the costs of running a business or project.
  その車くるまは多量たりょうの燃料ねんりょうを消費しょうひする。↗

  The car consumes a lot of fuel.
• 支出ししゅつJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general word for expenditure as money paid out—the going-out side of a household, company or government budget, contrasted with income. The natural choice in budgets, accounts and financial reports.
  彼女かのじょは支出ししゅつを徐々じょじょに削減さくげんした。↗

  She pared down her expenditures.
• 経費けいひJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounExpenses: money spent to run a business, office, project or other activity—operating costs and outlays, including items a company reimburses. Not the usual word for personal or household expenditure.
  私わたしたちは、経費けいひを切きりつめなければならない。↗

  We must cut down our expenses.

Choose 支出 for expenditure as money paid out in general, 経費 for the expenses of running a business or activity, and 消費 when the sense is consumption—spending on goods and services.

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• 消費しょうひconsumption
• 支出ししゅつexpenditure
• 経費けいひexpenses
• 要りいりexpenses
• 用度ようどexpenses
• 入りいりexpenses