expense
noun
cost or charge.
expensing
-
present participleof expense.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Zion Research Group, which specializes in accounting and taxes, estimates the latest 100% expensing provision was worth $31.8 billion last year to Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Oracle combined, relative to the expiring provision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Bodner was fired after expensing a Super Bowl platter, complete with deli meats, cookies and Buffalo wings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
In fact, we estimate permanent expensing for short-lived investments and R&D will lift long-run gross domestic product by 0.7% as investment grows.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
“Compliance costs associated with tracking incremental qualified R&D for the credit are higher than expensing qualified R&D activity to take the deduction,” Watson says.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
By being placed in the centre of the clearing, an assault could not be made without expensing the assailants, and the spring always assured to the garrison the great requisite, water.
From Wyandotte by James Fenimore Cooper
