Expense in Malayalam

Expense is ചെലവ് (chelavu) in Malayalam, the spending or using up of money. Households, shops and government budgets all use this word, so it is as plain as vocabulary gets. It doubles as expenditure and cost.

Most common translation

ചെലവ് (chelavu)

Spending; the using up of money, expenditure, expense.

ഈ മാസം ചെലവ് കൂടിപ്പോയി.

ee maasam chelavu koodippoyi.

Spending went up this month.

All Malayalam words for “expense”

യാത്രച്ചിലവ് (yaathrachilav) is the narrower travel expense or fare, പേരില്‍ (peril) means at the expense of in the sense of on behalf of, and യജമാനന്‍ (yajamaanan) names a patron or master.

Common questions

How do you say expense in Malayalam?

Use ചെലവ് (chelavu).

What is travel expense called?

That is യാത്രച്ചിലവ് (yaathrachilav), fare or travelling cost.