expense
(noun) a detriment or sacrifice; “at the expense of”
expense, disbursal, disbursement
(noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
expense
(noun) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; “he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting”
expense, write off, write down
(verb) reduce the estimated value of something; “For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expense (countable and uncountable, plural expenses)
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
(obsolete) Loss.
• (that which is expended): cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, payment
expense (third-person singular simple present expenses, present participle expensing, simple past and past participle expensed)
(transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pense", n. Etym: [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.]
1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak.
2. 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. Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.
3. Loss. [Obs.] Shak. And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser. Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
