expense
NOUN · English
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The corpus records 3 senses of expense. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
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- She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- Husband nature's riches from expense. c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 44:
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Definition: The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · uncountable
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- Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Loss. From a source of medium confidence.
countable · obsolete · uncountable
No translation has been attempted for this sense.
- And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 30:
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Etymology: From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso. From a source of medium confidence.
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