expense account
an account of business expenditures, as travel, hotel room, meals, and entertainment connected with work, for which an employee will be reimbursed by an employer.
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How to use expense account in a sentence
These high-end fliers, often traveling on someone else’s expense account, tend to prioritize convenience and comfort, and are more likely to splurge on last-minute tickets, non-refundable fares, non-stop flights and premium seating.
‘Stuck between a rock and a hard place:’ Corporate travel’s post-COVID comeback is slow | Jessica Davies | August 30, 2021 | DigidayWhile you might expect that means some fantastic deals for leisure travelers, it’s more likely to mean the reverse, since travelers on an expense account often subsidize bargain-hunting tourists.
What changes after covid-19? I’m betting on everything. | Megan McArdle | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostUp there a paper turns a man loose, with an unlimited expense account and all the time he needs, and tells him to go to it.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. CobbBut what if Anderson sets fire to your piggery, or lightning strikes your granary,—how about the expense account then?
The Fat of the Land | John Williams StreeterOnly news syndicates could stand the expense-account of a field man in Lunar City.
Operation: Outer Space | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
On her expense account is the item: "56 cents for four pounds of candles to light the courthouse."
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) | Ida Husted HarperThe balance of the yearly expense account with the sheet of receipt can be easily made.
Foods and Household Management | Helen Kinne
British Dictionary definitions for expense account
an arrangement by which expenses incurred in the course of a person's work are refunded by his employer or deducted from his income for tax purposes
a record of such expenses
(modifier) informal paid for by an employer or by money allowable against tax: an expense-account lunch
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for expense account
An account or list of expenses incurred in doing business outside the office, part of which is a tax deduction. The term often applies to lunches or dinners at which business deals are made and clients entertained.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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