expence

Noun

expense (countable and uncountable, plural expenses)

1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
   • She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
2. 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. (obsolete) Loss.
   • And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 30

   Synonyms:

   cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, payment

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