Purchase vs Expenditure (SOS)

[Duc]

Choose the correct answer:
I put the scarf with my mother's.......intending to pay for it on my way out.
a.purchases b.material c.object d.expenditure.
The answer is A but I wonder why it is not D because "purchases" and ''expenditure" has the same meaning.
I also don't know exactly what the phrase "put the scarf with my mother purchases" means .Can you explain this to me.
Thank you.
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[Mister Micawber]

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No. The 'purchase' is the item bought, and the 'expenditure' is the money paid for it.
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
ESL cafe: Interview with Mr. Micawber

[Yankee]

[Jamie (K)]

[Duc]

THANK YOU FOR ALL THESE
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