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expense
[ik-spens]
noun
cost or charge.
the expense of a good meal.
Synonyms: ,a cause or occasion of spending.
A car can be a great expense.
the act of expending; expenditure.
expenses,
charges incurred during a business assignment or trip.
money paid as reimbursement for such charges.
to receive a salary and expenses.
verb (used with object)
to charge or write off as an expense.
verb (used without object)
to be expensed.
expense
/ ɪˈɛԲ /
noun
a particular payment of money; expenditure
money needed for individual purchases; cost; charge
(plural) incidental money spent in the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
something requiring money for its purchase or upkeep
the car was more of an expense than he had expected
to the detriment of
he succeeded at the expense of his health
verb
(tr) to treat as an expense for book-keeping or tax purposes
Other 51Թ Forms
- expenseless adjective
- preexpense noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of expense1
Idioms and Phrases
at the expense of, at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of.
quantity at the expense of quality.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The expense, he adds, is worth it for that reason.
She’ll need to budget a certain amount of cash for travel expenses.
At the end of the day, Australia is buying up to five nuclear-powered submarines at a huge expense, helping keep Americans employed.
“If we don’t go out to work, how do we cover our expenses?” he asked.
That’s in addition to what the company is spending on production expenses.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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