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expense - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | expense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line*, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, outdo*, outlay, output, overhead, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth, decrement, out of pocket, payroll, spending |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expenses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense |
| Synonyms: | outlay, overhead, per diem, cost of living, costs, damages, reparations |
| 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*, charge, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback*, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste, cash on barrelhead, come to*, outgo, spending |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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*, price, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, toll, wage, piece of the action, rake-off, take-in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | investment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something given, lent for a return |
| Synonyms: | advance, ante, asset, backing, bail, contribution, endowment, expenditure, expense, finance, financing, flutter, grant, hunch, inside, loan, money, piece, plunge, property, purchase, speculation, stab*, stake, transaction, venture, interests, investing, smart money, spec, vested interests |
| Antonyms: | divestment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
| Synonyms: | bite*, bottom line*, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, tab*, throw*, tune*, spending |
| Antonyms: | income, pay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overhead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | general, continuing costs of operation |
| Synonyms: | budget, burden, cost, depreciation, expense, expenses, insurance, outlay, rent, upkeep, utilities |
| Main Entry: | surcharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee |
| Synonyms: | cost, expense, extra, overcharge, overload, payment, price, tax, additional charge, surtax |
| 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: | price |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial value |
| Synonyms: | amount, appraisal, asking price, assessment, barter, bill, bounty, ceiling, charge, compensation, consideration, cost, damage, demand, disbursement, discount, dues, estimate, expenditure, expense, face value, fare, fee, figure, hire, outlay, output, pay, payment, premium, prize, quotation, ransom, rate, reckoning, retail, return, reward, score, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, tune*, valuation, wages, wholesale, worth, appraisement, exaction, sticker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge levied by government on property, income |
| Synonyms: | assessment, bite*, contribution, cost, custom, dues, duty, excise, expense, fine, imposition, impost, levy, obligation, pork barrel*, price, rate, salvage, tariff, toll, tribute, brokerage, capitation, giveaway, tithe, towage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fee |
| Synonyms: | assessment, charge, cost, customs, demand, duty, expense, impost, levy, payment, price, rate, tariff, tax, tribute, exaction |
| Main Entry: | value |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial worth |
| Synonyms: | amount, appraisal, assessment, charge, cost, equivalent, expense, market price, price, profit, rate, monetary worth |
| 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, sum, tab*, whole, set-back, tidy sum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | price |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | consequences of action |
| Synonyms: | cost, expense, penalty, sacrifice, toll |
| Antonyms: | cause |
| Main Entry: | toll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | damage, deaths |
| Synonyms: | cost, expense, inroad, loss, penalty, price, casualties, losses |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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