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expense

ex·pense

UK/ɪkˈspɛns/ US/ɪˈkspɛns/ fairly common

noun

1.

amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

Synonyms
2.

a detriment or sacrifice

  • “at the expense of”
3.

money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

  • “he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting”

Origin

From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.

Phrases

  • at the expense of
  • capital expense
  • expense account
  • incidental expense
  • operating expense
  • spare no expense

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