expense account

/ɪkˈspens əˌkɑʊnt/ n [C]

Definition

› an amount of money that employees can spend to travel or buy things related to their jobs and which their employers will pay for

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

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