/ɪkˈspens/
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Translation
Money that you must spend on something.
Word origin
From Latin expendere, meaning to weigh out or pay money.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- expendere
- English cognates
- expensive, spend
Examples
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An expense is something you must pay for.
expenses.
In the plural, "expenses" often means money paid back to a worker.
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"At great expense" means it cost a lot of money.
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