expense

Speech parts

1. expense - Noun

2. expense - Verb

Meaning

A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

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.

Loss.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

disbursement cost charge payment expenditure outlay levy loss Price spending fee sacrifice overhead tariff detriment
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Antonyms

support return trade problem loss income
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Hypernyms

cost spending expenditure detriment outlay depreciate

Hyponyms

overhead incidental operating expense operating cost incidental expense interest expense

Phrases with the word

at the expense of additional expense being burdensome in expense being exorbitant in expense added expense constituting a major expense

Examples

at the expense of Source: Internet

he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting Source: Internet

For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer Source: Internet

A caveat is that the South African government has reiterated that transformation should not be at the expense of economic development and food security in the country. Source: Internet

Abraham Lincoln 's attempt to finance his own 1858 Senate run bankrupted him, even though he had arranged a number of $500 expense accounts from wealthy donors. Source: Internet

‘Access to quality education and health care for the majority of our people has remained only a pipedream while the elite continue to promote their predatory social and economic habits at the expense of the majority. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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