expense

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

//ɪkˈspɛns//

A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

Substantiv

1
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run.
We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.
Husband nature's riches from expense.
2
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.
3
veraltetLoss.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.

Herkunft

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

Verb

1
To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.

Formen

Plural: expenses
Präteritum: expensed
Partizip II: expensed
Partizip I: expensing
3. Person Singular: expenses

expecting · Of a woman, female animal, or couple, in expectation of…expedition · A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into…expel · To eject.

expense · A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

expensive · Having a high price or cost.experience · The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any…experienced · Having experience and skill in a subject.

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