English Explanatory Dictionary

expense

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
  2. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
  3. Loss.
verb
  1. To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈspɛns/ en-us-expense.ogg

Word forms

expense expenses expence expensing expensed

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cost charge outlay disbursement expenditure payment

Related words

expend expensive

Derived words

all-expense at the expense of capital expense expense account incidental expense operating expense spare no expense expensable unexpensed

Translations

Bulgarian: ра́зход Bulgarian: разно́ски Czech: útrata Czech: vydání Czech: výdaj Finnish: kustannus Finnish: kulu Ancient Greek: δαπάνη Hindi: प्रयुक्त Hindi: उपभुक्त Ingrian: mänö Ingrian: kulu Irish: costas Latin: impensa Latin: impendium Romanian: seamă Russian: расхо́д Swedish: utgift Swedish: bekostnad Ottoman Turkish: خرج
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