expense
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛns/
The English word “expense” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- Loss.
verb
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.
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