expense

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. countable,uncountable
    — 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. countable,uncountable
    — Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.
  3. Loss. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
动词 v.
  1. To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works. transitive
    — It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.

词形变化

expenses plural expence alternative,obsolete expenses present,singular,third-person expensing participle,present expensed participle,past expensed past expence alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
all-expense at the expense of capital expense expense account incidental expense operating expense spare no expense
相关词
expend expensive

词源

词源 1
From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.
词源 2
From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin expēnsa, from Latin expendō. See expend. Doublet of speso.
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