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Synonyms of expense

6 similar words

Another word for expense is cost. Other synonyms of expense are charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure and payment.

Synonyms and similar words for expense

nounLoss.

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

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Questions about synonyms of expense

What is another word for expense?
Expense has 6 synonyms on Word.ws, such as cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure and payment.
What does expense mean?
Expense means a spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: expense (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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