expense

expense
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Whatever is paid out]
Syn. expenditure, cost, price, outlay, charge, fee, payment, outgo, disbursement, alimony, child support, value, worth, sum, amount, risk, capital, rate, custom, excise, tax, carrying charge, budgeted item, cost of materials, overhead, time, payroll, investment, interest, interest charge, operating expense, surcharge, deductible expense, nondeductible expense, duty, assessment, nut*.
Ant. profit*, income, receipts.
2. [Whatever causes money to be paid out]
Syn. responsibility, obligation, loan, mortgage, lien, debt, liability, investment, insurance, upkeep, alimony, loss, enterprise, debit, account.
Ant. credit*, asset, accounts receivable.
• at the expense of,
Syn. at the cost of, at the sacrifice of, to the loss of, to the detriment of, paid by, charged to.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
cost, outlay, price, charge, amount, payment, price tag, *out of pocket cost, expenditure, fee, burden, *bottom line, overhead.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result: cost, disbursement, expenditure, outlay. See TRANSACTIONS. 2. A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something: cost, price, sacrifice, toll1. See TRANSACTIONS.

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