Expense
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪkˈspɛns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Expense is a noun meaning A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
Meaning
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
More Meanings
- The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
- (transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
- (obsolete) Loss.
Example Sentences
Husband nature's riches from expense.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.
We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.
Word Forms
- expenses
- expence
- expensing
- expensed
Synonyms for expense
Depending on context, synonyms include cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, payment.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include disbursal, disbursement, expenditure, spend, spending, outlay.
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