expense meaning
expense :
cost, spending
noun
▪ The trip was a big expense.
▪ The trip cost a lot of money.
▪ We need to reduce our expenses.
▪ We need to spend less money.
paraphrasing
▪ cost – expense
▪ expenditure – spending
▪ outlay – spending
▪ charge – cost
expense :
to spend, to cost
verb
▪ They expensed the meal to the company.
▪ They charged the meal cost to the company.
▪ You can expense travel costs.
▪ You can charge travel costs.
paraphrasing
▪ charge – to cost
▪ bill – to charge
Pronunciation
expense [ɪkˈspɛns]
The stress is on 'spense' and sounds like 'ik-spens'.
Common phrases and grammar about expense
expense - Common meaning
noun
cost, spending
verb
to spend, to cost
Part of Speech Changes for "expense"
▪ expensive (adjective) – costing a lot
▪ inexpensively (adverb) – in a cheap way
▪ inexpensiveness (noun) – the state of being cheap
Common Expressions with "expense"
▪ travel expense – cost of travel
▪ living expense – cost of living
▪ business expense – cost of business
▪ expense report – a report of costs
Important examples of expense in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC word questions, expense is often used to refer to costs related to business or travel.
Example of a confusing word: expand (to increase in size)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC grammar questions, expense is used as both a noun and a verb, focusing on how costs are managed.
expense
Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
at the expense of
means 'causing harm to' used when something is done with a negative effect.
spare no expense
means 'to spend as much money as needed' used when no cost is too high.
Differences between similar words and expense
expense
,
cost
differences
Expense refers to money spent, often in business, while cost is the price of something.
expense
,
expenditure
differences
Expense is a general term for money spent, while expenditure is often used for planned spending.
Words with the same origin as expense
The origin of expense
expense comes from the Latin 'expendere' meaning 'to weigh out' or 'to pay out'.
Word structure
It has the prefix ex (out), root pend (weigh), suffix e (noun), and means 'to pay out'.
Words with the same origin
The root of expense is pend (weigh). Words with the same root include depend (to rely), suspend (to hang), append (to add).
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