Expense vs. Expence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Expense and Expence
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Definitions
Expense➦
Expenditure is an outflow of money, or any form of fortune in general, to another person or group as payment for an item, service, or other category of costs. For a tenant, rent is an expense.
Expence➦
Obsolete spelling of expense
Expense➦
The cost incurred in or required for something
Conference rooms were equipped at great expense
Book into the best hotel you can find and hang the expense
Expense➦
Offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income
Up to $17,500 in capital expenditures can be expensed in the year they were incurred
Expense➦
Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose
An expense of time and energy on the project.
Expense➦
A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice
Achieved speed at the expense of accuracy.
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Expense➦
An expenditure of money; a cost
An improvement that was well worth the expense.
A trip with all expenses paid.
Expense➦
Charges incurred by an employee in the performance of work
Was reimbursed for her travel expenses.
Expense➦
(Informal) Money allotted for payment of such charges.
Expense➦
Something requiring the expenditure of money
Redecorating the house will be a considerable expense.
Expense➦
(Archaic) The act of expending.
Expense➦
To charge with expenses.
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Expense➦
To write off as an expense.
Expense➦
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run.
We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.
Expense➦
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.
Expense➦
(obsolete) Loss.
Expense➦
(transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.
Expense➦
A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
Husband nature's riches from expense.
Expense➦
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.
Expense➦
Loss.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
Expense➦
Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Expense➦
A detriment or sacrifice;
At the expense of
Expense➦
Money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer;
He kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting
