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Expenditure for departures? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outgoings

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'expenditure' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'for departures?' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'out' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'departures?' becomes 'goings' ('going' can be a synonym of 'departure').
'out'+'goings'='OUTGOINGS'

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(Other definitions for outgoings that I've seen before include "Expenses" , "expeditions" , "Regular expenditure" .)

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