Meaning & use
expense
An amount of money spent on something, or the cost required to do or maintain something.
See it in a sentence
Rent is usually the largest monthly expense for people living in the city.
The company covers travel expenses for employees attending the conference.
A note on using this word
The phrase 'at the expense of' means causing harm or loss to something else, as in 'success at the expense of her health'.
Words with a similar meaning
costexpenditure
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Words with an opposite meaning
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