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expenses

/ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/

expenses is the plural of expense.

expenses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of expense.

Meaning of expense

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

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Phrases with expenses

Questions about expenses

What is expenses the plural of?
Expenses is the plural of expense.
How do you pronounce expenses?
Expenses is pronounced /ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/.

Words near expenses in the dictionary

  1. expensed
  2. expenseful
  3. expensefully
  4. expensefulness
  5. expenseless
  6. expenses
  7. expensing
  8. expensive
  9. expensive drunk
  10. expensive drunks
  11. expensively

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