expense
1. [ noun ] (business) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
Synonyms: disbursement disbursal
Related terms: cost operating_expenses budget_items personal_expense medical_expense business_expense organization_expense interest_expense lobbying_expense moving_expense disburse
2. [ noun ] a detriment or sacrifice
Examples:

"at the expense of"

Related terms: detriment
3. [ noun ] (business) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
Examples:

"he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

Related terms: outgo travel_expense incidental_expense
Similar spelling:   expensive
  expanse
  expender
  expended
  expending
  expansive
  expansile
  expend
  expendable
  expansible
  expansion