expense
noun
cost or charge.
Example Sentences
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A startup founder who expensed “cellulite butter” to the bank during her trial for defrauding the bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Foreign-based expenses still must be expensed over 15 years.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
Asked why he expensed Uber rides when he had a take-home car provided by the union, he said the rides were for members doing union business.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2025
But LaPierre conceded he wrongly expensed private flights for his family and accepted vacations from vendors doing business with the nonprofit gun rights organization without disclosing them.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
There were at Athens various funds, applicable to public purposes; one of which, and among the most considerable, was appropriated for the expensed of sacrifices, processions, festivals, spectacles, and of the theatres.
From The Mirror Of Literature, Amusement, And Instruction Volume 14, No. 391, September 26, 1829 by Various
