meaning of expense
1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.
3. Loss.
4. a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense
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Related Words
expense | expense account | expense record | expensefull | expenseless |
