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Synonyms for expense
ɪkˈspɛnsex·pense
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expense
The cost of a thing is whatever one surrenders or gives up for it, intentionally or unintentionally, or even unconsciously; expense is what is laid out by calculation or intention. We say, "he won his fame at the cost of his life;" "I know it to my cost;" we speak of a joke at another's expense; at another's cost would seem to make it a more serious matter. There is a tendency to use cost of what we pay for a possession, expense of what we pay for a service; we speak of the cost of goods, the expense of making up. Outlay is used of some definite expenditure, as for the purchase of supplies; outgo of a steady drain or of incidental expenses. See PRICE.
Synonyms:
cost, expenditure, outgo, outlayAntonyms:
gain, income, proceeds, product, profit, profits, receipt, receipts, return, returns
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Princeton's WordNet
expense, disbursal, disbursementnoun
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Synonyms:
disbursal, spending, outlay, disbursementexpensenoun
a detriment or sacrifice
"at the expense of"
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disbursal, disbursementexpenseverb
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
"he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
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disbursal, disbursementexpense, write off, write downverb
reduce the estimated value of something
"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"
Synonyms:
write down, get down, set down, put down, write off
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expensenoun
Synonyms:
cost, charge, expenditure, outlay
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
expensenoun
Synonyms:
outlay, cost, charge, expenditure
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#1453 | charge | |
#1502 | fees | |
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#2085 | fresh | |
#2135 | load | |
#2201 | charges | |
#3158 | expenses | |
#3235 | costa | |
#3745 | spending | |
#4510 | expense | |
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#6303 | burden | |
#6594 | loads | |
#15341 | disadvantage | |
#26224 | disbursement | |
#27445 | outlay | |
#30803 | detriment | |
#186869 | outgo | |
#311943 | disbursal |
How to use expense in a sentence?
That is a huge expense, when you don't have the funds to cover those things, you've got to get creative.
Our desire not to upset Beijing shouldn't come at the expense of Taiwan's security.
Our clients are sold on the unique advantage of having a luxury second home that also happens to be a nuclear hardened bunker, this aspect allows our clients to invest in an appreciating asset as opposed to an expense.
What it gets is they get to try to flex their power, but they do it at the expense of our children, they do it at the expense of our families. We know that when we were fully remote previously, 100,000 of our kids lost contact and would disengage from the system. We saw in the elementary schools the failure rate during remote learning triple from what it was. We saw the trauma and social emotional harm to students across our system.
I like a cat because it does not disguise its selfishness with any flattering hypocrisies. Its attachment is not to yourself, but to your house. Let it but have food, and a warm lair among the embers, and it heeds not at whose expense. Then it has the spirit to resent aggression. You shall beat your dog, and he will fawn upon you; but a cat never forgives : it has no tender mercies, and it torments before it destroys its prey.
Translations for expense
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- مصروفArabic
- изразходване, харчене, разноски, разходBulgarian
- útrata, Náklady, výdaj, vydáníCzech
- bekostningDanish
- Verlust, AusgabeGerman
- δαπάνηGreek
- gastosSpanish
- هزینهPersian
- kulu, kustannusFinnish
- dépense, fraisFrench
- व्ययHindi
- költség, kHungarian
- biayaIndonesian
- spesa, speseItalian
- הוֹצָאָהHebrew
- 費用Japanese
- ಖರ್ಚುKannada
- 비용Korean
- sumptusLatin
- uitgave, kostenDutch
- kostnaderNorwegian
- kosztPolish
- despesaPortuguese
- cheltuialăRomanian
- расход, расходыRussian
- förlust, bekostnad, utgiftSwedish
- Selavu, இழப்பில்Tamil
- వ్యయంTelugu
- ค่าใช้จ่ายThai
- giderTurkish
- ВитратиUkrainian
- خرچہUrdu
- kinh phíVietnamese
- קאָסטYiddish
- 费用Chinese
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