# Mandate.spent

URL: /business/events/Mandate.spent · Id: `event:Mandate.spent`

> Emitted each time a Mandate is spent.

[Mandate.spend](/business/nouns/mandate/spend) emits `Mandate.spent` when it completes on a [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate).

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Emitted by | [Mandate.spend](/business/nouns/mandate/spend) |
| Noun | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) |
| Moves | [Card](/business/nouns/card) `active` to `closed` when this Card is single-use and paid its Task |
| Wakes | [Approve spend](/workflows/processes/expense-approval/approve-spend) |

### Payload
Each delivery is an [Event](/business/nouns/event) record. `data` holds what [Mandate.spend](/business/nouns/mandate/spend) returns.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | Yes | `Mandate.spent`. |
| `at` | `datetime` | Yes | When it happened. |
| `seq` | `integer` | No | Its position in the namespace, one more than the Event before; any seq is a cursor into the history. |
| `data` | `json` | Yes | The Thing as the Action left it. |
| `data.transaction` | [Transaction](/business/nouns/transaction) | Yes | The card Transaction. |
| `data.mandate` | [Mandate](/business/nouns/mandate) | Yes | The Mandate with its remaining Limit. |
| `data.mandate.expiresAt` | `datetime` | Yes | When it lapses. |
| `data.mandate.limit` | [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) | No | The Limit that bounds it. |
| `data.mandate.verb` | `string` | No | The Verb it covers, as `Noun.verb`. |
| `data.mandate.topics` | `string[]` | No | What it may act on; an Action outside them becomes an Approval. |
| `data.mandate.channels` | list of [Channel](/business/nouns/channel) | No | The Channels it may send through. |
| `data.mandate.status` | `string` | Yes | One of `active`, `paused`, `revoked` or `expired`. |

### Example
```json
{
  "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/events/event_1",
  "$type": "Event",
  "name": "Mandate.spent",
  "at": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
  "data": {
    "transaction": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/transactions/transaction_1",
      "$type": "Transaction",
      "kind": "charge",
      "amount": {
        "amount": 60,
        "currency": "USD"
      }
    },
    "mandate": {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/tutorloop.com/mandates/mandate_1",
      "$type": "Mandate",
      "expiresAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z",
      "limit": "limit_1",
      "verb": "Example verb",
      "topics": [
        "Example topics"
      ],
      "channels": [
        "channel_1"
      ],
      "status": "active"
    }
  },
  "seq": 1
}
```