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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expense \Ex*pense"\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expense n 1: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) [syn: {disbursal}, {disbursement}] 2: a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" 3: money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
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