"expense" | Definition and Related Words

expense

Noun

Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) (synset 113296518)
is a type of: cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
subtypes:
- business expense, trade expense - ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade
- interest expense - interest paid on loans
- lobbying expense - expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation
- medical expense - amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems
- non-cash expense - an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash
- moving expense - the cost of moving your residence from one location to another
- budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes
- personal expense - the cost of personal or family living
same as: disbursal, disbursement
A detriment or sacrifice (synset 107435271)
"at the expense of"

is a type of: detriment, hurt - a damage or loss
Money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer (synset 113298909)
"he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

is a type of: expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending - money paid out; an amount spent
subtypes:
- incidental, incidental expense, minor expense - (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- travel expense - (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer

Verb

Reduce the estimated value of something (synset 200316757)
"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

is a type of: depreciate - lower the value of something

same as: write down, write off

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