to expense
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6.5
- verb
- /ɪkˈspɛns/
- Specialized
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- I need to keep track of what I can expense for my upcoming business trip.
- expensed meals
- expense options
- stock options expensed
Examples
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I'll expense it, okay?
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It's the fact that we allow expensing of interest payments.
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- I can expense this, right?
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I get to expense the price of my plane tickets, but not my wine.
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I'm sure you can expense it or something.
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Maybe I expense my monthly bills if they go for it.
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Because we need to be able to expense the ammo to a client.
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I expensed it to Mr. Nakashima's account.
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Since the company has expensed these purchases, any future product sales will have very high gross profit margins.
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Being able to expense the cost of new property rather than depreciate the cost over time accelerates the tax savings, thereby lowering the true cost of additional capital investment.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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4.1
To take money from an account and record the charge
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4.2
To add a cost to someone's bill to pay later
Idioms
Compounds
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3.9
An account employees use to charge business travel, meals, and entertainment costs that their employer pays back
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4.7
A regular cost for running a business, for example rent or electricity
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3.0
Money paid to move your things to a new home, for example for a truck or packing
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3.9
Money a company pays for borrowing money recorded as a cost in its accounts
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An expense shown in company records that does not involve real cash
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A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
How Capitalized
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb expense comes from the same Latin parts ex- ('out') and pendere ('to pay'), meaning to 'pay out' or charge a cost. So to expense something is to record it as money 'paid out' or claimed back for reimbursement.