Meaning & use
travel expenses
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Meanings
nounpluralbusiness
The money spent on getting from place to place for work, including fares, fuel, hotels and meals along the way.
Grammar: Plural noun taking a plural verb: her travel expenses were paid by the company.
Patterns
- travel expenses for something
- claim travel expenses
The company covers all travel expenses for overseas meetings.
He kept every receipt so he could claim his travel expenses.
Travel expenses rose sharply when fuel prices went up.
nounusually pluralfinancebusiness
Costs of a trip that a person can sometimes subtract from taxes or be repaid for, such as train tickets for a work visit.
Grammar: Treated as a group of costs, so it normally has no a before it.
Patterns
- deduct travel expenses
- reimburse travel expenses
Freelancers may deduct some travel expenses from their taxable income.
The charity reimburses volunteers' travel expenses at the end of each month.
Ask your accountant which travel expenses qualify for relief.
Common combinations
- claim travel expenses
- Don't forget to claim travel expenses before Friday.
- cover travel expenses
- The grant will cover travel expenses for all speakers.
- reimburse travel expenses
- The firm will reimburse travel expenses within two weeks.
- cut travel expenses
- We cut travel expenses by holding meetings online.
- travel expenses policy
- Please read our travel expenses policy before booking.
Synonyms and how they differ
- travel costs
- Travel costs is slightly more casual and can include personal trips, whereas travel expenses often implies a business claim.
- fares
- Fares are only the ticket prices for buses, trains or planes, while travel expenses also include hotels and meals.
- transport costs
- Transport costs focuses on moving people or goods, but travel expenses covers the whole trip including accommodation.
Word family
Commonly confused: travel expenses or travel expanses? travel expenses or travel allowance?
travel expenses vs travel expanses
Expanses are wide open areas of land or water; expenses are costs, so travel expenses is the correct phrase.
travel expenses vs travel allowance
A travel allowance is a fixed amount paid in advance, while travel expenses are actual costs repaid afterward.
Practice
The manager said the firm would pay for flights and hotels, so I saved all my ___.
Choose one answer.
Travel expenses are the costs of a work trip that can be repaid. Expanses means large open areas, experiences are events one lives through, and exercises are activities.
Make it your own
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