| 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
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| 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
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