| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
Synonyms: |
cost of living, costs, damages, outlay, overhead, per diem, reparations |
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
Synonyms: |
addition, aggregate, all, bad news, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag, product, quantum, score, set-back, sum, tab, tidy sum, whole |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | price asked for something |
Synonyms: |
amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty, sacrifice |
Synonyms: |
damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, loss, suffering |
Antonyms: |
repayment, retribution |
| Main Entry: | damage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost for problem |
Synonyms: |
amends, bill, charge, compensation, expense, fine, forfeit, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction, total |
Antonyms: |
award, compensation, profit, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
Antonyms: |
deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
Synonyms: |
amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
Antonyms: |
savings |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount charged for transportation |
Synonyms: |
book, charge, check, expense, passage, price, slug, tariff, ticket, token, toll |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
Synonyms: |
account, ante, bill, bite*, chunk, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece of the action, piece*, price, rake-off, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, take-in, toll, wage |