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'''Expenditure''' is an outflow of [[money]], or any form of [[Wealth|fortune]] in general, to another person or group to
In [[accounting]], '''expense''' has a very specific meaning. It is an outflow of cash or other valuable assets from a person or company to another person or company. This outflow of cash is generally one side of a trade for products or services that have equal or better current or future value to the buyer than to the seller. Technically, an expense is an event in which an [[asset]] is used up or a [[liability (accounting)|liability]] is incurred. In terms of the [[accounting equation]], expenses reduce owners' [[equity (finance)|equity]]. The [[International Accounting Standards Board]] defines expenses as:{{quote|...decreases in economic benefits during the accounting period in the form of outflows or depletions of assets or incurrences of liabilities that result in decreases in equity, other than those relating to distributions to equity participants.<ref>IFRS Framework, F.70</ref>}}
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