We were supposed to provide safety equipment at our own expense.
My family and friends all had a good laugh at my expense.
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at someone's expense — … Useful english dictionary
expense — [[t]ɪkspe̱ns[/t]] ♦♦♦ expenses 1) N VAR Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. He s bought a specially big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly... To avoid extra expense… … English dictionary
expense — ex|pense W2S3 [ıkˈspens] n 1.) [U and C] the amount of money that you spend on something legal/medical/living/travel etc expenses (=the money that you spend for a particular purpose) ▪ He borrowed £150,000 and used the money for legal expenses.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
expense — ex|pense [ ık spens ] noun *** 1. ) count an amount of money you spend in order to buy or do something: Rent is our biggest expense. You can claim part of your telephone bill as a business expense. traveling/medical/legal expenses a factory s… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
expense — I UK [ɪkˈspens] / US noun Word forms expense : singular expense plural expenses *** 1) [countable] UK [ɪkˈspens] / US an amount of money that you spend in order to buy or do something Rent is our biggest expense. You can claim part of your… … English dictionary
expense — /Ik spens/ noun (C, U) 1 the amount of money that you have to spend on something: household/medical/living etc expenses (=the money that you spend for a particular purpose): The students share all the household expenses. | go to great expense… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
expense — ex‧pense [ɪkˈspens] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a business or organization has to spend on something: • Most advertisers look upon advertising as an expense and not an investment, which is a mistake. • The… … Financial and business terms
expense — 01. Whenever we go skiing, we try to go in a group, so we can share [expenses] such as transportation, accommodation and food. 02. Some couples count all their [expenses] to make sure that each person pays his portion. 03. Our household… … Grammatical examples in English
expense*/*/ — [ɪkˈspens] noun 1) [C] an amount of money that you spend in order to buy or do something travelling/medical/legal expenses[/ex] Rent is our biggest expense.[/ex] 2) [U] the high cost of something A powerful computer is worth the expense if you… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
expense account — noun an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑travel and entertainment account • Hypernyms: ↑account, ↑accounting, ↑account statement * * * noun, pl ⋯ accounts [count] … Useful english dictionary
