Expense (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. cost or charge: the expense of a good meal.
  2. a cause or occasion of spending: A car can be a great expense.
  3. the act of expending; expenditure.
  4. expenses,
    • charges incurred during a business assignment or trip.
    • money paid as reimbursement for such charges: to receive a salary and expenses.
verb (used with object), ex·pensed, ex·pens·ing.
  1. to charge or write off as an expense.
verb (used without object), ex·pensed, ex·pens·ing.
  1. to be expensed.
Idioms
  1. at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of: quantity at the expense of quality.
noun
  1. a particular payment of money; expenditure
  2. money needed for individual purchases; cost; charge
  3. 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
  5. to the detriment of
verb
  1. to treat as an expense for book-keeping or tax purposes
Expense (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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