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Plural of expense

regular plural

The plural of expense is expenses.

Forms of expense

Singularexpense /ɪkˈspɛns/
Pluralexpenses /ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Expenses in a sentence

  • The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.From the entry accrue
  • Last month less of my salary was taken up with household expenses.From the entry less
  • The company will reimburse you for your expenses for the business trip.From the entry reimburse
  • My stipend for doing public service is barely enough to cover living expenses.From the entry stipend
  • They will donate net proceeds—whatever money is left after they pay their expenses—from the show to charity.From the entry proceeds

Meaning of expense

  1. noun A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
  2. noun The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
  3. noun Loss.

Full definition of expense

Questions about the plural of expense

What is the plural of expense?
The plural of expense is expenses.
Is expense countable?
Expense is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: expense (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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