Synonyms for expense
ɪkˈspɛnsex·pense

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1. expensenoun

   That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls.

   Jones reached the final at the expense of Jones, who couldnt beat him.

   Synonyms:
   cost, charge, outlay

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1. expense

   The cost of a thing is whatever one surrenders or gives up for it, intentionally or unintentionally, or even unconsciously; expense is what is laid out by calculation or intention. We say, "he won his fame at the cost of his life;" "I know it to my cost;" we speak of a joke at another's expense; at another's cost would seem to make it a more serious matter. There is a tendency to use cost of what we pay for a possession, expense of what we pay for a service; we speak of the cost of goods, the expense of making up. Outlay is used of some definite expenditure, as for the purchase of supplies; outgo of a steady drain or of incidental expenses. See PRICE.

   Synonyms:
   cost, expenditure, outgo, outlay

   Antonyms:
   gain, income, proceeds, product, profit, profits, receipt, receipts, return, returns

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1. expense

   Synonyms:
   price, cost, charge, payment, expenditure, outlay

   Antonyms:
   income, profit, receipt

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1. expense, disbursal, disbursementnoun

   amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

   Synonyms:
   disbursal, spending, outlay, disbursement

2. expensenoun

   a detriment or sacrifice

   "at the expense of"

   Synonyms:
   disbursal, disbursement

3. expenseverb

   money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

   "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

   Synonyms:
   disbursal, disbursement

4. expense, write off, write downverb

   reduce the estimated value of something

   "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

   Synonyms:
   write down, get down, set down, put down, write off

Matched Categories

1. • Cost
   • Depreciate
   • Detriment

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1. expensenoun

   Synonyms:
   cost, charge, expenditure, outlay

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1. expensenoun

   Synonyms:
   outlay, cost, charge, expenditure

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1. List of paraphrases for "expense":

   detriment, expenditure, expenses, spending, cost, costa, costs, expenditures, fee, fees, charges, fresh, charge, disadvantage, burden, loads, load

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How to use expense in a sentence?

1. United Airlines:

   When we hear from customers about where we can improve, getting rid of this fee is often the top request, following previous tough times, airlines made difficult decisions to survive, sometimes at the expense of customer service. United Airlines won't be following that same playbook as we come out of this crisis.

2. Simon Chadwick:

   The pervading view seems to be that we live in a world of 'haves' and 'have nots', and that Europe is growing rich at the expense of significant parts of the rest of the world.

3. Frederic Bastiat:

   But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.

4. Steve Schmidt:

   We’re not going to pump any more water than we need to, because it’s an expense, we might have a well that can pump 1,000 gallons a minute, but that doesn’t mean we’re pumping it at 1,000 gallons a minute – we might be pumping it at 500 gallons a minute. We watch our water very closely.

5. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatest, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.