Definition of expense

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Expense (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time..

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Casual :: Casual (a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses..
Tax :: Tax (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
Chargeable :: Chargeable (a.) Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.
Remunerate :: Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor..
Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To be at the expense of; to pay for; as, to stand a treat..
Freightage :: Freightage (n.) Charge for transportation; expense of carriage.
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural..
Talliage :: Talliage (n.) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants, toward the public expenses..
Needless :: Needless (a.) Not wanted; unnecessary; not requiste; as, needless labor; needless expenses..
Coinage :: Coinage (v. t.) The cost or expense of coining money.
Rise :: Rise (v.) To increase in amount; to enlarge; as, his expenses rose beyond his expectations..
Parasite :: Parasite (n.) A plant living on or within an animal, and supported at its expense, as many species of fungi of the genus Torrubia..
Average :: Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
Prodigally :: Prodigally (adv.) In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated..
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses..
Shot-free :: Shot-free (a.) Free from charge or expense; hence, unpunished; scot-free..
Careenage :: Careenage (n.) Expense of careening ships.
Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse..
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