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   Ex·pense

   /ikˈspens/

   

   noun

   • 1. the cost required for something; the money spent on something: "we had ordered suits at great expense" Similar costpricechargeoutlayfeetarifftolllevypaymentamountratefigureinformal, humorous:damage
   • ▪ the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task, especially one undertaken for another person: "his hotel and travel expenses"
   • ▪ a thing on which one is required to spend money: "tolls are a daily expense" Similar outgoingpaymentoutlaydisbursementexpenditurechargebilloverheadincidentals

   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"

   Word Origin 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).

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