Meaning of expense | Babel Free

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1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
   countable, uncountable
2. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds
3. To one's detriment or chagrin: telling jokes at my expense.
4. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
   countable, uncountable
5. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated
6. at the expense of, at the sacrifice of; to the detriment of: quantity at the expense of quality.
7. Loss.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
8. Loss
9. to use or spend (supplies etc). uitgee, bestee يُنْفِق، يَصْرِف разходвам gastar utratit; spotřebovat ausgeben bruge; anvende αναλώνω, ξοδεύωgastar, emplear kulutama مصرف کردن؛ خرج کردن kuluttaa dépenser לְהוֹצִיא व्यय करना potrošiti, upotrijebiti (fel)használ menggunakan eyða, nota consumare 費す 소비하다 išleisti, išeikvoti iztērēt; izdot menggunakan verbruikenbruke, anvende, forbrukezużywać خرچول،مصرفول dispender/gastar a cheltui расходовать minúť porabiti trošiti använda, förbruka, lägga ut จ่า...
   etc
10. To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works
11. the act of spending. the expenditure of money and resources; His expenditure(s) amounted to $500. uitgawe, onkoste إنْفاق، مَصْروف разход gasto spotřeba; útrata die Ausgabe, der Verbrauch forbrug; udgift δαπάνηgasto kulutamine, väljaminek هزینه؛ مصرف kulu dépensesהוצאה व्यय, खर्च izdaci, troškovi kiadás pengeluaran notkun, eyðsla, útgjöld consumo; spesa 支出 지출 eikvojimas, išlaidos izdevumi; patēriņš belanja uitgaveforbruk, utgiftwydatki خرڅ،مصرف gasto cheltuieli расход spotrebovanie; výdavky p...
12. money spent in carrying out a job etc. His firm paid his travelling expenses. koste نَفَقات، مَصاريف разходи despesas výlohy die Spesen udgift; -udgift; omkostning; -omkostning έξοδαgastos kulud مخارج kulut frais הוֹצָאוֹת खर्च troškovi költségek biaya útgjöld spese 経費 경비 išlaidos izdevumi perbelanjaan onkostenutgifter, diett koszta خرڅ،مصرف despesas cheltuieli расходы náklady stroški troškovi omkostnader ค่าใช้จ่ายในการทำงานให้สำเร็จลุล่วง masraflar 費用 витрати کسی کام کے اخراجات công tác phí 费用
    etc
13. costing a great deal. expensive clothes. duur ثَمين، غالٍ скъп dispendioso nákladný teuer dyr; kostbar ακριβόςcaro kallis گران kallis cherיקר महंगा skupo drága mahal dÿr; kostnaðarsamur costoso, caro 高価な 비싼 brangus dārgs mahal duurdyr, kostbarkosztowny ګران dispendioso scump дорогостоящий drahý drag skup dyr แพง pahalı 昂貴的 дорогий مہنگا đắt tiền 昂贵的
14. gasto;covered ___ -s → ___ -s cubiertos.
15. Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose: an expense of time and energy on the project.
16. An expenditure of money; a cost: an improvement that was well worth the expense; a trip with all expenses paid.
17. expensesa. Charges incurred by an employee in the performance of work: was reimbursed for her travel expenses.

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Examples

“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.”

“Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.”

“And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.”

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