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expense

[ ik-spens ]

noun

  1. cost or charge:

    the expense of a good meal.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. a cause or occasion of spending:

    A car can be a great expense.

  3. the act of expending; expenditure.
  4. expenses,
    1. charges incurred during a business assignment or trip.
    2. money paid as reimbursement for such charges:

      to receive a salary and expenses.



verb (used with object)

expensed, expensing.
  1. to charge or write off as an expense.

verb (used without object)

expensed, expensing.
  1. to be expensed.

expense

/ 瑟办藞蝉辫蓻苍蝉 /

noun

  1. a particular payment of money; expenditure
  2. money needed for individual purchases; cost; charge
  3. plural incidental money spent in the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
  4. something requiring money for its purchase or upkeep

    the car was more of an expense than he had expected

  5. at the expense of
    to the detriment of

    he succeeded at the expense of his health

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to treat as an expense for book-keeping or tax purposes
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别虫路辫别苍蝉别顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 辫谤别顎卐虫路辫别苍蝉别顎 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expense1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Late Latin 别虫辫脓苍蝉补, noun use of feminine of 别虫辫脓苍蝉耻蝉, past participle of expendere 鈥渢o weigh out, pay鈥; expend
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of expense1

C14: from Late Latin 别虫辫脓苍蝉补, from Latin 别虫辫脓苍蝉耻蝉 weighed out; see expend
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. at the expense of, at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of:

    quantity at the expense of quality.

More idioms and phrases containing expense

see at the expense of ; go to the trouble (expense) ; money (expense) is no object .
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Synonym Study

See price.
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Example Sentences

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Finally, there came an eviction notice as she said he had stopped contributing towards rent, leaving her to shoulder all the expenses for their family, which included three children.

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If the State Bar developed its own questions, it figured it could save money by sparing the expense of renting massive exam halls for all test takers.

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"All of these places have flat floors. Why would you want the added expense of a very complex form factor... when you could just put it on a mobile base?" he asks.

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The mayor鈥檚 budget proposed the reduction of more than $7 million in expenses and the elimination of nearly 24% of the Department of Transportation鈥檚 workforce 鈥 making it one of the heaviest-hit departments.

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"Tanzania will not continue to allow unequal market access to persist at the expense of its people," he said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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