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Meaning of 'expense' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expense [ n.]
- A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
- 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.
- Loss.

Meaning of 'expense' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expense [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a detriment or sacrifice
Example in sentence:
  • at the expense of
Meaning (2):
- money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
Example in sentence:
  • he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting
3 . expense [ v]
Meaning (3):
- reduce the estimated value of something
Example in sentence:
  • For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer

Nearby Words:

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