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expense
noun
a
particular
thing
you
spend
money
on
;
a
cost
item
•
Rent
is
our
biggest
monthly
expense
.
Rent
is
our
biggest
monthly
expense
.
•
Keep
all
your
travel
expenses
for
reimbursement
.
Keep
all
your
travel
expenses
for
reimbursement
.
See
earlier
sense
for
historical
origin
;
modern
accounting
extended
the
meaning
to
individual
cost
items
in
the
19th
century
.
noun
the
money
that
is
spent
to
do
or
obtain
something
•
The
company
cut
back
on
marketing
to
reduce
expense
.
The
company
cut
back
on
marketing
to
reduce
expense
.
•
Moving
to
the
city
can
involve
a
lot
of
unexpected
expense
.
Moving
to
the
city
can
involve
a
lot
of
unexpected
expense
.
Late
Middle
English
,
from
Old
French
“
despense
”
meaning
‘
spending
’,
which
came
from
Latin
“
expendere
” — ‘
to
pay
out
’.