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ex⋅pense
[ik-spens]
noun, verb, -pensed, -pens⋅ing.–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,
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–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to charge or write off as an expense. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 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
Ex*pense"\, n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.]1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. Husband nature's riches from expense. --Shak. 2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. Courting popularity at his party's expense. --Brougham. 3. Loss. [Obs.] --Shak. And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. --Spenser. Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. --H. L. Scott.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : expense
Spanish:
gasto,
German:
die Unkosten (pl.),
Japanese:
費用
expense
1382, from Anglo-Fr. expense, O.Fr. espense "money provided for expenses," from L.L. expensa "disbursement," prop. neut. pl. pp. of L. expendere "to weigh out money, to pay down" (see expend). Expensive first recorded 1628 with a sense of "given to profuse expenditure," but by 1634 meaning "costly." L. spensa also yielded M.L. spesa, which was borrowed into O.H.G. as spisa and is the root of Ger. Spiese "food."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: ex·pense
Function: noun
: financial burden or outlay; specifically : an item of business outlay chargeable against revenue for a specific period
busi·ness expense
: an expense made in furtherance of one's business esp. as part of the cost of operating a business in the taxable year in which the expense is incurred —compare CAPITAL EXPENSE and, PERSONAL EXPENSE in this entry
NOTE: Business expenses are generally tax deductible in the year the expense is incurred.
capital expense
: an expense made in a business that will provide a long-term benefit : CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
NOTE: Capital expenses are not tax deductible as business expenses but may be used for depreciation or amortization.
mov·ing expense
: an expense incurred in changing one's residence that is tax deductible if incurred for business reasons (as when one's job requires relocation)
or·di·nary and nec·es·sary expense
: an expense that is normal or customary and helpful and appropriate for the operation of a particular business or trade and that is made during the taxable year called also ordinary and necessary business expense
NOTE: Ordinary and necessary expenses are tax deductible.
per·son·al expense
: an expense incurred in the course of one's personal affairs as distinguished from the course of one's employment or the operation of a business —compare BUSINESS EXPENSE in this entry
NOTE: Personal expenses are usually not tax deductible.
Main Entry: expense
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ex·pensed; ex·pens·ing
1 : to charge with expenses
2 : to write off as an expense
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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