expense
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noun
1.
cost or charge: the expense of a good meal.
2.
a cause or occasion of spending: A car can be a great expense.
3.
the act of expending; expenditure.
4.
expenses.
a.
charges incurred during a business assignment or trip.
b.
money paid as reimbursement for such charges: to receive a salary and expenses.
verb (used with object)
5.
to charge or write off as an expense.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 6.
to be expensed.
7.
at the expense of, at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of: quantity at the expense of quality.
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expense (ɪkˈspɛns) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a particular payment of money; expenditure |
| 2. | money needed for individual purchases; cost; charge |
| 3. | (plural) incidental money spent in the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax |
| 4. | something requiring money for its purchase or upkeep: the car was more of an expense than he had expected |
| 5. | at the expense of to the detriment of: he succeeded at the expense of his health |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (US), (Canadian) (tr) to treat as an expense for book-keeping or tax purposes |
| [C14: from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expēnsus weighed out; see | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
expense
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. expense, O.Fr. espense "money provided for expenses," from L.L. expensa "disbursement, outlay, expense," prop. neut. pl. pp. of L. expendere "to weigh out money, to pay down" (see expend). Related: Expenses. Latin spensa also yielded M.L. spe(n)sa,
whose sense specialized to "outlay for provisions," then "provisions, food," which was borrowed into O.H.G. as spisa and is the root of Ger. Speise "food," now mostly meaning prepared food, and speisen "to eat."
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Slang Dictionary
expense definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
expense
see at the expense of; go to the trouble (expense); money (expense) is no object.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
The extra expense of designing buildings to absorb seismic shocks seems cost-effective, experts say.
Calculate the expense on a cost per use basis, and suddenly the investment doesn't seem extravagant at all.
Solar powered gadgets may cost more than their traditional electric counterparts, but future energy savings offset that expense.
The article focused on the expense of pursuing specialized accreditation in the midst of the current economic crisis.
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