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English Dictionary: Expense	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
expense n amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) Synonym(s): expense, disbursal, disbursement a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" v reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" Synonym(s): expense, write off, write down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expense \Expense"\, 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.