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   expense

   /ɪkˈspɛns/

   noun

   • 1. the cost incurred in or required for something: "conference rooms were equipped at great expense" Similar costpricechargeoutlayfeetarifftolllevypaymentamountratefigureinformal, humorous:damage
   • ▪ the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task: "his hotel and travel expenses"
   • ▪ a thing on which one is required to spend money: "tolls are a daily expense" Similar outgoingpaymentoutlaydisbursementexpenditurechargebilloverheadincidentals

   verb

   • 1. offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income: "up to $17,500 in capital expenditures can be expensed in the year they were incurred"
   • ▪ charge (something) to an expense account: "I can expense the refreshments"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia) ‘(money) spent’, from Latin expendere ‘pay out’ (see expend).

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