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Definitions for Expense

[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, charges incurred during a business assignment or trip. money paid as reimbursement for such charges: to receive a salary and expenses.
[5] to charge or write off as an expense.
[6] to be expensed.
[7] at the expense of , at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of: quantity at the expense of quality.
[8] a particular payment of money; expenditure
[9] money needed for individual purchases; cost; charge
[10] (plural) incidental money spent in the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
[11] something requiring money for its purchase or upkeep the car was more of an expense than he had expected
[12] at the expense of to the detriment of he succeeded at the expense of his health
[13] (tr) US and Canadian to treat as an expense for book-keeping or tax purposes

Words related to Expense

loan, rate, insurance, sum, investment, charge, risk, price, liability, expenditure, obligation, debt, tariff, mortgage, loss, outlay, consumption, budget, value, amount

Words nearby Expense

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Origin of Expense

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin expēnsa, noun use of feminine of expēnsus, past participle of expendere to expend

Other words from Expense

ex·pense·less , adjective
pre·ex·pense , noun

Word origin for Expense

C14: from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expēnsus weighed out; see expend

Synonyms for Expense

amount, budget, charge, consumption, debt, expenditure, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outlay, payroll, price, price tag, rate, risk, spending, sum, tariff, value, assessment, bite, debit, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, forfeit, forfeiture, outdo, output, overhead, responsibility, sacrifice, surcharge, toll, upkeep, use, worth, bottom line, out of pocket