Expense Definition
ĭk-spĕns
expensed, expenses, expensing
noun
expenses
Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose.
An expense of time and energy on the project.
American Heritage
A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice.
Achieved speed at the expense of accuracy.
American Heritage
Any cost or sacrifice.
Webster's New World
Financial cost; fee; charge.
Webster's New World
Charges or costs met with in running a business, doing one's work, maintaining property, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- to the detriment of
- to the loss of
- at the sacrifice of
- at the cost of
- nut
- duty
- nondeductible expense
- charged to
- paid by
- interest
- investment
- payroll
- time
- cost of materials
- budgeted item
verb
expensed, expenses, expensing
To charge or record as an expense.
Webster's New World
To charge to an expense account.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
at (one's) expense
- To one's detriment or chagrin:
telling jokes at my expense.
American Heritage
at the expense of
- with the payment, onus, loss, etc. borne by
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Expense
- at (one's) expense
- at the expense of
Origin of Expense
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Middle English from Anglo-Norman from Latin (pecūnia) expēnsa (money) paid out feminine past participle of expendere to pay out expend
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman expense, from Old French espense, from Late Latin expensa, from Latin expendere. See expend.
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