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| expense [ ik spénss ] |
noun (plural expenses) |
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1. money spent on something: the amount of money spent in order to buy or do something
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2. something expensive to buy: something that costs money, usually a lot of money, to buy, keep, or run
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3. using up of something: the using up or loss of something
  preserved his integrity at the expense of his job
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4. accounting value of resource used: the value of a resource that has been used during the current accounting period and can be charged against revenues for that period
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plural noun expenses |
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business expenditures: an amount of money that somebody spends for business purposes that is reimbursable by an employer or deductible from income tax
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| [14th century. Via Anglo-Norman< late Latin expensa< Latin expendere (see expend)] |
