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单词 expense
释义

expense

/ɪkˈspɛns / /ɛkˈspɛns/
noun [mass noun]
1The cost incurred in or required for something: conference rooms were equipped at great expense book into the best hotel you can find and hang the expense...
  • The only new expense incurred would be the cost of walkie-talkies for the official and the technical advisor.
  • The attempt to recover costs had simply incurred further public expense on both sides.
  • They have to do so at their own expense as the cost of living increases.

Synonyms

cost, price;
charge, outlay, fee, tariff, toll, levy, payment, amount, rate, figure
informal, humorous damage
1.1 (expenses) The costs incurred in the performance of one’s job or a specific task: his hotel and travel expenses...
  • Anything above that is insurance premium tax, office costs, marketing expenses and commission for sellers.
  • How is it logical to spend the same amount in transport expenses as it would cost to keep the factory open?
  • They finally had enough revenues to cover their fixed costs and marketing expenses.
1.2 [count noun] A thing on which one is required to spend money: tolls are a daily expense...
  • There was a subsidy to assist farmers, but with the rising cost of electricity this expense was still a major burden.
  • Any normal expense incurred in the day-to-day operations of the company falls under this category.

Synonyms

outgoing, payment, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, charge, bill, overhead;
(expenses) incidentals
verb [with object]
1Offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income: up to $17,500 in capital expenditures can be expensed in the year they were incurred...
  • Anecdotal evidence suggests a growing number of Old Economy companies are moving away from stock options to restricted stock, which must be expensed on the income statement.
  • They must be expensed through the income statement, because the future benefits of such investments are so uncertain.
  • Compensation cost arising from the issuance of stock options may be expensed or capitalized in the same way as cash compensation.
1.1 informal Charge (something) to an expense account: I can expense the refreshments...
  • Just try expensing your work calls, what a hassle.
  • He was in the neighbourhood on work anyway, so he took a side-trip to a nice place to golf, expensed it, and then repaid the expenses later on.
  • If this person is now officially a ‘friend,’ stop expensing those meals and coffees.

Phrases

at someone's expense

at the expense of

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia) '(money) spent', from Latin expendere 'pay out' (see expend).

  • Expense goes back to Latin expendere ‘pay out’, and shares a root with Old English spend.

Rhymes

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