English Explanatory Dictionary

at the expense of

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Paid for by an individual or group.
  2. At one's responsibility.
  3. In a way as to harm somebody or something; to the detriment of.
  4. Of a joke, deriding someone.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-at the expense of.wav

Word forms

at the expense of at one's expense
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