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expense(dictionary)
Expense(finance)
Expense(money)
expense account(dictionary)
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Deferred tax expense(finance)
Expense ratio(finance)
Interest expense(finance)
Non-Cash Expense(money)

expense (oh)



[U and C] the amount of money that you spend on something
legal/medical/living/travel etc expenses
(=the money that you spend for a particular purpose)
::He borrowed ¡ê150,000 and used the money for legal expenses.
at great/considerable/vast expense
::Conference rooms were equipped at great expense.
::The council must now decide whether to go to the expense of appealing through the courts.
::Julie's parents had spared no expense for her wedding (=they spent all the money necessary to buy the best things) .
::Everything has been provided tonight - no expense spared .
expenses
money that you spend on things such as travel and food while you are doing your job, and which your employer then pays to you
on expenses
::Can you claim this meal on expenses?
at the expense of sb/sth
if something is done at the expense of someone or something else, it is only achieved by doing something that could harm the other person or thing
::the growth in short breaks, at the expense of longer package holidays
at sb's expense
a) if you do something at someone's expense, they pay for you to do it
::Her mansion was refurnished at taxpayers' expense.
b) if you make jokes at someone's expense, you laugh about them and make them seem stupid or silly
::Louis kept making jokes at his wife's expense.
all expenses paid
having all of your costs for hotels, travel, meals etc paid for by someone else
::The prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio.