expense

Meanings

Plural: expenses

Noun

amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
a detriment or sacrifice
- "at the expense of"
money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
- "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
Loss.

Verb

reduce the estimated value of something
To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.

Origin / 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

charge, cost, disbursal, disbursement, expenditure, outlay, payment, write down, write off

Scrabble Score: 16

expense is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
expense is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
expense is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

expense is a valid Words With Friends word