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expense

noun
/ɪkˈspɛns/

Etymology

From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.

  1. derived from expendō
  2. derived from expēnsa
  3. derived from espense
  4. derived from expense
  5. inherited from expense

Definitions

  1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

    • She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
    • Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run.
    • We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.

  2. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage…

    The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.

    • Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.

  3. Loss.

    • And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To charge a cost against an expense account

      To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.

      • It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.

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Derived

all-expense, at the expense of, capital expense, expense account, incidental expense, operating expense, spare no expense

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at expense. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at expense. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at expense

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA