expense
Meaning of expense
noun
- 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
- 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:
Meaning the effort, loss, or sacrifice necessary to achieve or obtain something:
Meaning the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something:
Meaning a price asked for goods or services:
Meaning an amount of money spent on something:
Meaning a payment made to a professional person or to a professional or public body in exchange for advice or services:
Meaning a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports:
Meaning a charge payable to use a bridge or road:
Meaning an act of levying a tax, fee, or fine:
Meaning the action or process of paying someone or something or of being paid:
Meaning a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent:
Meaning a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure:
Meaning a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company:
Meaning physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something:
Translation of expense
Words that rhyme with expense
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