expense

Meaning of expense

noun
  1. the cost incurred in or required for something.
    conference rooms were equipped at great expense
    book into the best hotel you can find and hang the expense
verb
  1. offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income.
    up to $17,500 in capital expenditures can be expensed in the year they were incurred

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia) ‘(money) spent’, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’ (see expend).

Information about expense

  • The plural form of expense is: expenses.
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Hyphenation of expense

ex-pense

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • expense is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

expense synonyms

Meaning disbursal:

disbursal, disbursement

Meaning the effort, loss, or sacrifice necessary to achieve or obtain something:

cost

Meaning the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something:

price

Meaning a price asked for goods or services:

charge

Meaning an amount of money spent on something:

outlay

Meaning a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services:

fee

Meaning a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports:

tariff

Meaning a charge payable to use a bridge or road:

toll

Meaning an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine:

levy

Meaning the action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid:

payment

Meaning a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent:

amount

Meaning a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure:

rate

Meaning a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company:

figure

Meaning physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something:

damage

Translation of expense

Words that rhyme with expense

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