expense

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛns/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
  2. noun a detriment or sacrifice
  3. noun money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

Etymology

From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.

In classic literature

Synonyms

disbursal, disbursement

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
cost
Narrower (hyponyms)
non-cash expense, medical expense, lobbying expense, operating expense, business expense, personal expense

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