expense

Pluralexpenses

Formsexpenses, expensing, expensed

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of spending money, or the money that something costs you.

   Like money flowing out of your wallet whenever you pay for things.

   The expense of repairing the car surprised them.

   Heating a large house adds a lot of expense in winter.

   Similarcost, expenditure, spending, outlay, price

   Oppositeincome, revenue

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The using up of something, often damaging or destroying it in the process.

   Like burning wood for heat: you get warm, but the wood is gone.

   She won the race, but at the expense of a pulled muscle.

   The company grew fast at the expense of its workers' health.

   Similarcost, detriment, sacrifice

   Oppositebenefit

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3. 3
   verbtransitive

   To bill a cost to the company you work for instead of paying it yourself.

   You can expense your lunch when you travel for work.

   He expensed the hotel bill to the company.

   Similarclaim, charge, bill

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