Definitions for expense

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expense ex·pense

Spelling: [ik-spens]

IPA: /ɪkˈspɛns/

Expense is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in expense (eeenpsx).

Definitions for expense

noun

1. cost or charge:
2. a cause or occasion of spending:
3. the act of expending; expenditure.
4. expenses. charges incurred during a business assignment or trip. money paid as reimbursement for such charges:

Idioms

1. at the expense of, at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of:

verb (used with object)

1. to charge or write off as an expense.

verb (used without object)

1. to be expensed.

Origin of expense

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin expēnsa, noun use of feminine of expēnsus, past participle of expendere to expend

Examples for expense

Mr. Disraeli was severely sarcastic at the expense of the government.

It is computed that the expense would not exceed a million and a half sterling.

You know, and yet you'll take your happiness at the poor child's expense.

Unfortunately, that gamble was at the expense of Miss America's supposed mission.

When had Nimble Dick lost an opportunity for fun at the expense of another?

One of the reasons for this is because of its expense — only the very wealthy could afford, or were allowed, to wear red.

As might be expected, this comes at the expense of narrative.

But the price of artistic freedom comes at the expense of professional protection.

The FDNY spot on the JTTF was among the items deemed no longer worth the expense in a time of budget cuts.

They telegraphed from New York that we were to spare no expense; and we haven't.