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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
