Expense

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. Template:Countable An expense is something for which you spend money. Template:Syn Template:Ant

   Food is a huge expense for many people around the world.

2. Template:Cu noun An expense is an amount of money that you spend. Template:Syn Template:Ant

   If your income is less than your expenses, you have a serious problem.

   The company paid all of his expenses when he was in Shanghai.

   The building was repaired at great expense.

3. If you do $x$ at the expense of $y$, $x$ hurts $y$ because it makes $y$ have less money, less time, less social status, etc. Template:Syn

   She often makes jokes at her own expense.

   We have to decide whether safety at the expense of freedom is worth the cost.

Related words

• expensive
• expensively
• expensiveness
• inexpensive
• inexpensiveness
• inexpensively
• expenditure