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Definition
expense Show phoneticsnoun
1 [C,U] the money that you spend on something
You have to pay your own medical expenses.
He eventually found her the car she wanted, at great expense (= it cost him a lot of money).
2
He spent a lot of time at work, at the expense of his marriage.
3
a If you do something at someone's expense, they pay for it.
We went on holiday at my father's expense.
b in order to make someone look stupid
Stop making jokes at my expense.
