Expense
[ɪk'spens;ek-] or [ɪk'spɛns]
Definition
(noun.) a detriment or sacrifice; 'at the expense of'.
(noun.) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures).
(noun.) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; 'he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting'.
(verb.) reduce the estimated value of something; 'For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer'.
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Loss.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cost, charge, expenditure, outlay.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Price, cost, charge, payment, expenditure, outlay
ANT:Income, profit, receipt
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Examples
- This expense, however, it must be acknowledged, is more moderate in Great Britain than in most other countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- You haven't seen my private expense book yet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Such colonies, therefore, have been a source of expense, and not of revenue, to their respective mother countries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Don't pay yourself at another man's expense (which is foolish), but be business-like! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Great Britain has hitherto suffered her subject and subordinate provinces to disburden themselves upon her of almost this whole expense. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But though the wear and tear of a free servant be equally at the expense of his master, it generally costs him much less than that of a slave. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The proportion of the expense of house-rent to the whole expense of living, is different in the different degrees of fortune. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Another woman was laughing or sneering at her expense, and he not angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In those days the principal expense of the sovereign seems to have consisted in the maintenance of his own family and household. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He gave me my watch and chain, and spared no expense in buying them; both were of superior workmanship, and very expensive. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We are perhaps apt to emphasize the control of the body at the expense of control of the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When the expense of fashionable dress is very great, the variety must be very small. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Britain, at the expense of three millions, has killed one hundred and fifty Yankees this campaign, which is 20,000_l. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The expense of a riding school is so great, that in most places it is a public institution. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And for present expenses? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I certainly did not see the proof of Mr. Skimpole's worldliness in his having his expenses paid by Richard, but I made no remark about that. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Take 'em for expenses? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Other great and inevitable expenses too we have had on first coming to Norland. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You may guess, after all these expenses, how very far we must be from being rich, and how acceptable Mrs. Ferrars's kindness is. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For this express reason, I had borrowed the half-guinea, that I might not be without a fund for my travelling-expenses. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He is intent upon various new expenses,--horses, and carriages, and lavish appearances of all kinds. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And he is worth--not to say his sordid expenses--but thrice his weight in gold, said Richard. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The rent of a very moderate landed estate might be fully sufficient for defraying all the other necessary expenses of government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such expenses are in this system called ground expenses (depenses foncieres). Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It may be very inconvenient some years to spare a hundred, or even fifty pounds from our own expenses. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Keep the expenses down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But these I have likewise endeavoured to show, in the same book, are expenses by which people are not very apt to ruin themselves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Tell me, at least, the expenses of the republic, for no doubt you intend to retrench the superfluous? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I'll pay all expenses, and a fair reward into the bargain. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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