Expense

  • 21expense — expenseless, adj. /ik spens /, n., v., expensed, expensing. n. 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 …

    Universalium

  • 22expense — 1. noun a) A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds. Husband natures riches from expense. b) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the …

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  • 23expense — 01. Whenever we go skiing, we try to go in a group, so we can share [expenses] such as transportation, accommodation and food. 02. Some couples count all their [expenses] to make sure that each person pays his portion. 03. Our household… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 24expense — /ɪk spens/ noun money spent ● It is not worth the expense. ● The expense is too much for my bank balance. ● The likely profits do not justify the expense of setting up the project. ♦ at great expense having spent a lot of money ♦ he furnished the …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 25expense — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Whatever is paid out] Syn. expenditure, cost, price, outlay, charge, fee, payment, outgo, disbursement, alimony, child support, value, worth, sum, amount, risk, capital, rate, custom, excise, tax, carrying charge, budgeted… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 26expense — ex•pense [[t]ɪkˈspɛns[/t]] n. v. pensed, pens•ing 1) cost; charge: the expense of a good meal[/ex] 2) a cause or occasion of spending: A car can be a great expense[/ex] 3) the act of expending; expenditure 4) bus expenses a) charges incurred… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27expense — /ɪk spens/ noun money spent ● It is not worth the expense. ● The expense is too much for my bank balance. ● The likely profits do not justify the expense of setting up the project. ● It was well worth the expense to get really high quality… …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 28expense — n. 1 cost incurred; payment of money. 2 (usu. in pl.) a costs incurred in doing a particular job etc. (will pay your expenses). b an amount paid to reimburse this (offered me pound40 per day expenses). 3 a thing that is a cause of much expense… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29expense — noun 1》 the cost incurred in or required for something.     ↘(expenses) costs incurred in the performance of a job or task. 2》 something on which money must be spent. verb offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income.… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30expense — /əkˈspɛns / (say uhk spens), /ɛk / (say ek ) noun 1. cost or charge. 2. a cause or occasion of spending: owning a car is a great expense. 3. the act of expending; expenditure. 4. (plural) Commerce a. charges incurred in the execution of an… …