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expenses

  • plural of expense.
  • present tense form of expense (3rd person singular).

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Expenses have long been a sensitive affair for client-facing Wall Street firms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The government offers some people a subsidy; on certain government benefits a Funeral Expenses Payment, can help cover some of the costs.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Expenses should total about $105 billion this year, the company said.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

In their study — titled “How Much Are Emergency Expenses for Retirees and Are They Prepared?” — researchers Manita Rao and Anqi Chen reached a sobering conclusion: Many retirees are ill-prepared to handle unexpected expenses.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

Expenses for books, clothes, and social events would be more than they could handle, and in any case they needed the money that Marian could earn by doing domestic work for neighbors and by singing.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman