Definitions of expense [ɪkˈspɛns]

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Definition of 'expense'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) expense
cost; charge:
the expense of a good meal.

2.  expense
a cause or occasion of spending:
A car can be a great expense.

3.  expense
the act of expending; expenditure.

4.  expense
expenses,

5.  expense
charges incurred during a business assignment or trip.

6.  expense
money paid as reimbursement for such charges.

7. (v.t.) expense
to charge or write off as an expense.

Definition of 'expense'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) expense, disbursal, disbursement
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

2. (noun) expense
a detriment or sacrifice
"at the expense of"

3. (verb) expense
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
"he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

4. (verb) expense, write off, write down
reduce the estimated value of something
"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

Definition of 'expense'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) expense
the amount of money spent on sth
dental/medical expenses

2.  expense
at great expense (to sb)
costing a lot of money
The cows were imported, at great expense, from Scotland.

3.  expense
at sb's expense
paid for by sb
I traveled here at my own expense.

4.  expense
causing sb to seem foolish
The joke was at my expense.

5.  expense
at the expense of
causing disadvantage or loss
He got rich at the expense of his happiness.

Definition of 'expense'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) expense
a spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure

2. (noun) expense
that which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time

3. (noun) expense
loss

Translation of 'expense'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the spending of money etc; cost I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.
Afrikaans: uitgawes	Arabic: مَصاريف، نَفَقَه	Bulgarian: разноски
Brazilian: despesa	Czech: vydání	German: die Unkosten (pl.)
Danish: udgift	Greek: έξοδο	Spanish: gasto
Estonian: kulu(d)	Farsi: هزینه	Finnish: kustannus
French: frais	Hebrew: הוֹצָאָה	Hindi: लागत
Croatian: trošak	Hungarian: költség	Indonesian: biaya
Icelandic: kostnaður	Italian: spesa, costo	Japanese: 費用
Korean: 비용, 지출	Lithuanian: išlaidos, kaina	Latvian: izdevumi
Malay: membelanja	Dutch: kosten	Norwegian: utgift, kostnad, omkostni
Polish: wydatek, koszt	Persian: هزینه	Pashto: خرڅ،مصرف
Portuguese: despesa	Romanian: cheltuire	Russian: расход
Slovak: výdavky	Slovenian: izdatek	Serbian: trošak
Swedish: utlägg	Thai: ค่าใช้จ่าย	Turkish: masraf
Taiwanese: 消耗，花費	Ukrainian: витрати	Urdu: ادایگی رقم
Vietnamese: phí tổn	Chinese: 消耗，花费
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