Expensenoun
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.’;
Expencenoun
obsolete spelling of expense
Expensenoun
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.’;
Expensenoun
(obsolete) Loss.
Expenseverb
(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.’;
Expensenoun
A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
‘Husband nature's riches from expense.’;
Expensenoun
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.’;
Expensenoun
Loss.
‘And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.’;
Expensenoun
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Expensenoun
a detriment or sacrifice;
‘at the expense of’;
Expensenoun
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer;
‘he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting’;
Expensenoun
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’;
Expensenoun
the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task
‘his hotel and travel expenses’;
Expensenoun
a thing on which one is required to spend money
‘tolls are a daily expense’;
Expenseverb
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’;
Expenseverb
charge (something) to an expense account
‘I can expense the refreshments’;
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.