Obs. rare. [f. EXHAUST v. + -MENT.] The action or means of exhausting; the state of being exhausted; an instance of the same, a ‘drain’ of money.
1621. Bp. G. Williams, in Cabala (1654), 55. This Bishoprick being … meanly endowed in regard of the continual charge, and exhaustments of the place.
1648. Petit. Eastern Assoc., 22. We can see no possible end of our exhaustments.
