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BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137

expense
expense /ɪkˈspɛns/ noun
plural expenses
expense
/ɪkˈspɛns/
noun
plural expenses
Learner's definition of EXPENSE
1 
[noncount] : the amount of money that is needed to pay for or buy something费用；花费；价钱
— often used after at常用在at后
— see also at someone's expense (below)
◊ If you spare no expense, you spend as much money as you need to in order to make something as good as possible.不惜花钱
2 
[count] : an amount of money that must be spent especially regularly to pay for something开支；花销
— usually plural通常用复数
3 
[count] : something on which money is spent花销的东西，开销

at someone's expense

1 
: paid for by someone由某人付费；花某人的钱
2 
◊ If someone makes a joke about you or laughs at you, the joke or laughter is said to be at your expense.（玩笑、嘲笑等）针对某人

at the expense of

: in a way that harms (something or someone)以…为代价；在…受损害的情况下

go to (the) expense

: to spend money on something把钱花在…上
BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137

expense

1 of 2

noun

ex·​pense ik-ˈspen(t)s How to pronounce expense (audio)
1
a
: financial burden or outlay : cost
built the monument at their own expense
b
: an item of business outlay chargeable against revenue for a specific period
c
: something expended to secure a benefit or bring about a result
2
: a cause or occasion of expenditure
an estate is a great expense
3
: a loss, detriment, or embarrassment that results from some action or gain : sacrifice
everyone had a good laugh at my expense
—usually used in the phrase at the expense of
develop a boy's physique at the expense of his intelligence Bertrand Russell
4
archaic : the act or an instance of expending : expenditure

expense

2 of 2

verb

expensed; expensing

transitive verb

1
a
: to charge to an expense account
b
: to write off as an expense
2
: to charge with expenses

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun I don't think a first-class ticket is worth the added expense. The annual fee is simply an expense of doing business. A new car is a major expense.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Otherwise workers would claim an ever-larger share of the economic pie at the expense of business owners. Tom Fairless, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 Failure to do so donates collective power to the select individuals who have enough power to wield, often at the expense of the vulnerable. Rachel Donald, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2022 In the dark comedy, Hawke plays Eleanor, a wealthy outcast who comes together with Mendes’s character Drea, an insider experiencing a fall from social grace, all at the expense of their prep school enemies. Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2022 Barber notes that small designers in the fashion world are often priced out of competition when their designs are stolen and popular trends often come at the expense of underpaid or poorly treated garment workers. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2022 All three rely on government spending to foster low-carbon energy sources at the expense of fossil fuels and advance the countries’ promises to reduce emissions. Justin Worland, Time, 15 Sep. 2022 Additionally, the committee would look into whether the Biden administration sought to get evacuees out en masse at the expense of prioritizing American citizens and service members. Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022 But the arc of this fifth season is ill-suited to the moment, more narrowly focused on the bond of hatred between June and Serena, at the expense of almost everything else. Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 The scathing 90-page report said the T’s focus in recent years on long-term projects came at the expense of day-to-day operations and safety and has left the agency with too few workers and weak safeguards. Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
Verb
The House Build Back Better plan would have extended until 2026 a tax provision that expired this year that allowed businesses to expense R&D immediately. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 One of the biggest differences between book and tax income is how companies expense their investments. Rob Portman, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 But the tax would cover accelerated depreciation, which lets companies immediately expense investment in equipment. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022 This camcorder has plenty of professional features to expense such as 2-channel XLR audio, triple manual rings, an ND filter, dual SD card slots, and a great battery life. Douglas Helm, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2022 Some companies expense the credits at the time of purchase, while others capitalize and write them off later. Mark Maurer, WSJ, 25 May 2022 Giving Back: The company recently launched its Pay It Forward policy, which allows employees to expense any random acts of kindness while traveling for business. Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014 Employees of the company are encouraged to expense their annual National Parks Pass each year, as well as up to two nights per month camping and an additional two nights per month at any CampShare. Jack Kelly, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022 One of her concerns is that staffers’ addresses and other personal information might linger on the Internet, so the newspaper has advised them to engage services that scrub that material from public view and expense the cost to the newspaper. Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French, from Late Latin expensa, from Latin, feminine of expensus, past participle of expendere

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4

Verb

circa 1909, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of expense was in the 14th century

Phrases Containing expense
BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense

noun¹

 1cost/money spent on sth花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSE | EXPENSE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, enormous, great, huge, significant, vast可觀的花費；巨額花費➤added, additional, extra額外花費➤annual, monthly年度開支；月開支◇Your monthly housing expense should not be greater than 28% of your income.每月的住房開銷不應該超過你收入的 28%。➤unexpected, unforeseen意外的／未預料到的花費▸➤unnecessary不必要的花費▸➤public公帑◇The bridge was built at public expense.這橋是政府出資修建的。➤personal個人花費VERB + EXPENSE➤go to, incur花費◇They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved.他們花了那麼多錢重新裝修房子，可隨後就搬家了。➤involve, put sb to (especially BrE) 涉及到花錢；使某人花錢◇Their visit put us to a lot of expense.他們的來訪使我們花銷很大。➤bear, cover, meet負擔花費；支付開支◇She had to meet the expense herself.她得自己支付開銷。➤spare no不節省錢◇No expense was spared (= they spent as much money as was needed) to make the party a success.為了使聚會成功，該花的錢都花了。➤avoid, save避免花費◇Save the expense of calling out a plumber by learning some of the basics yourself.通過學會一些基本維修知識，省去請水管工的花費。➤cut, minimize, reduce削減／盡可能減少／降低花費◇You can reduce your expenses by selling your old car at a good price.你可以把舊車賣個好價錢來減少開支。➤be worth值得花費◇The results are well worth the expense.這些成果完全值得花這些錢。➤justify證明花費合理◇a claim large enough to justify the expense of insurance policy premiums索賠額高到足以證明保費的合理性EXPENSE + VERB➤rise花費上升◇My expenses are constantly rising and my income stays the same.我的花費不斷上升，可是收入卻和原來一樣。PREPOSITION➤at sb's/sth's expense由⋯付費；在損失⋯的情況下◇They had to repair the damage at their own expense.他們得自己花錢修理受破損之處。◇He built up the business at the expense of his health.他以自己的健康為代價逐步建立了這個企業。➤at... expense以⋯花費◇The house was transformed at great expense.花了很大一筆錢翻修房子。◇The package includes admission to the park at no extra expense.套票中包括公園的門票，無需額外付費。PHRASES➤at taxpayer expense, at taxpayers' expense, at the taxpayer's expense納稅人支付◇It emerged that they had received free first-class travel at the taxpayer's expense.結果是，他們接受了免費乘坐頭等艙的旅行，花的卻是納稅人的錢。
expense

noun²

 2sth that makes you spend money開支項目ADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, major, significant大筆的／相當大的／主要的／可觀的花費▸➤incidental雜費◇Relocated employees received grants towards / toward incidental expenses like buying carpets.工作地點變動的雇員獲得購買地毯等費用的雜項補助。➤ongoing經常性開支◇Insurance is an ongoing expense.保險是一項經常性開支。➤business, management營業費；管理費◇Meetings, and the time for them, are a considerable management expense.會議及所費時間是一筆頗大的管理花費。➤capital資本支出◇The process turned out to be a significant capital expense.結果，這個過程花去了一筆可觀的資本。➤depreciation, interest (both especially NAmE) 折舊費用；利息支出◇Net interest expense increased to $5.9 million from $4.1 million.淨利息支出從 410 萬增加到了 590 萬美元。
expense

noun³

 3expenses money spent for a particular purpose用於某目的的花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSES | EXPENSES + VERB | EXPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, low高額／低額費用◇Medical expenses can be quite high if you are not insured.如果你沒有買保險，醫療費會很高昂。◇Look for a fund with low expenses.尋找低成本的資金。➤allowable, eligible, legitimate, reasonable允許的費用；合法的費用；合理的費用◇You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.你可以索回對合法營業支出所課的稅。➤deductible, tax-deductible可抵扣的／可扣稅的費用◇Start keeping track of deductible expenses such as charitable contributions.開始逐筆記錄諸如慈善捐款等可抵稅的支出。➤basic基本費用◇The guides are unpaid except for basic expenses.除了基本費用以外，導遊並沒有其他收入。➤miscellaneous雜費➤ongoing經常性費用◇your ongoing expenses such as your employees' salaries雇員工資等經常性費用➤out-of-pocket (= paid for by an employee, to be claimed back later from the employer) 可報銷的開支◇Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed.由公司業務產生的開銷都可以報銷。➤total總開支◇Total employee expenses were up about 6%.雇員的總開銷大約增加了 6%。➤personal個人開支▸➤living生活開銷▸➤household家庭開支➤administrative, maintenance, operating, operational, overhead (all especially NAmE) 管理開銷；維護花費；運營費用；間接費用➤business, work-related因公支出；與工作相關的費用➤marketing (especially NAmE) 營銷費用▸➤travel, travelling/traveling (especially BrE) 差旅費▸➤moving, relocation, removal (BrE) 搬遷費用➤childcare, college, educational, health-care, legal, medical孩子照管費用；大學花費；教育費；保健費用；律師費；醫療費▸➤funeral喪葬費VERB + EXPENSES➤incur產生費用▸➤cover, defray, meet, offset, pay, reimburse支付花銷；退還費用；償還花費◇He was given a sum of money to cover his travel expenses.他得到一筆錢以支付差旅費。➤claim, claim back, claim for索要費用；索還費用◇They are claiming expenses for travel and meals.他們要求報銷旅費及餐費。➤recoup收回費用◇We will recoup our expenses within 24 months.我們將在 24 個月內收回開支。➤deduct扣除費用◇You will have to pay income tax on the rent you receive, although you can deduct expenses such as insurance.你可以扣除保險費等的開支，但租金收入要納稅。➤cut, lower, minimize, reduce削減／降低／最大限度減少／縮減開支◇in an effort to reduce expenses and boost profits努力減少開支提高利潤EXPENSES + VERB➤arise from sth, arise out of sth (both especially BrE) 費用出現◇You can expect to receive compensation for all expenses arising out of the accident.由這次事故引起的所有費用你都有望獲得賠償。➤increase, rise費用增加／提高◇Operating expenses rose by more than 23% last year.去年運營費用增加了 23% 以上。EXPENSE + NOUN➤expense account報銷賬目◇Put the cost of the meal on your expense account.把這頓飯的花費記在你的報銷賬目上。➤expenses claim, expense report (NAmE) 費用申請／報告➤expense reimbursement (NAmE) 費用補償◇You will receive expense reimbursement for up to $5 000 for legal representation.作為法律代表，你將會獲得最高 5,000 美元的費用補償。PREPOSITION➤on expenses (BrE) 公費開支◇I think we deserve a night out on expenses.我覺得我們該花公費出去玩一個晚上。PHRASES➤all expenses paid所有費用已付◇a two-day, all-expenses-paid trip to New York City費用全包的紐約兩日遊➤spare no expense不惜花費◇When it came to the wedding, no expense was spared (= a lot of money was spent).辦婚禮可是花了一大筆錢。

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