expense

/ɪkˈspens/ n [C/U]

Definition

› an amount of money needed or used to do or buy something; cost: [C] We have to start cutting down on our expenses. [U] The house was redecorated at great expense.

(Definition of expense n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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expel v
expend v
expendable adj
expenditure n
expense account n
expense n
expensive adj
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experienced adj
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“expense” in other dictionaries

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expense account n
at the expense of someone idiom
at the expense of something idiom
at someone's expense, at at the expense of someone idiom
spare no expense, at spare no effort idiom

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at the expense of someone idiom
at the expense of something idiom
at someone's expense, at at the expense of someone idiom
spare no expense, at spare no effort idiom

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