expense

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The money that you spend on something.

   She went to great expense to give her children the best education.

2. 2
   noun

   The money spent at work that an employer pays back.

   I kept a careful record of my expenses at the conference.

3. 3
   noun

   Something lost or sacrificed in order to gain something else.

   He won the match at the expense of an injured knee.

From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.

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