all-expense

[ awl-ik-spens ]

/ ˈɔl ɪkˈspɛns /

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adjective

including all necessary or usual expenses, as the full cost of a trip, tour, or the like: a two-week all-expense tour of Mexico.

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Also all-ex·pens·es-paid

[awl-ik-spen-siz-peyd]. /ˈɔl ɪkˈspɛn sɪzˈpeɪd/.

Words nearby all-expense

alleviant, alleviate, alleviation, alleviative, alleviator, all-expense, alley, alley cat, alley cropping, all eyes, alley gate

How to use all-expense in a sentence

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The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
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The building used to be an all-girls school, and when it was initially purchased by Fortune it was dilapidated.
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This led to the formation of a Christian militant group to counter the rebels, and all-out sectarian violence exploded.
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In that context, Sotto Sotto was one of the all-out survivors.
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He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?
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He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.
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Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
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Gourges fitted out three vessels and 150 soldiers at his own expense to revenge their death, and repair the honor of his nation.
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I couldn't help laughing, and he made a great many jokes at the expense of the waiters and everybody else.
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