business expense
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs ɪkˈspɛns/
- Specialized
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gasto de empresa
- Profit is the money you have left over after your business income pays for its business expenses.
- deduct business expenses
- deductible business expenses
- tax-deductible business expenses
One thing I've wondered is like, how do you look at business expenses that are monthly obligations?
- One thing I've wondered is like, how do you look at business expenses that are monthly obligations?
- So the company bought an expensive video card as a business expense.
- All those things are business expenses that can come out of your business accounts legally per the IRS.
- What you're applying for through this program is a loan from the government to help you spend money on approved business expenses.
- And so in a case like that, I'd, yeah, think of it as a business expense, not count it as.
Examples
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All those things are business expenses that can come out of your business accounts legally per the IRS.
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Also include any house fees as a business expense and save all of your receipts.
Blog text (28) -
It's a standard business expense.
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We regard it as a necessary business expense.
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Profits are a means to pay business expenses.
Academic text (1997) -
Just chalk it up to a business expense, and we'll move forward.
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Want to SAVE over $60,000 in business expenses this year?
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Other expenditures may qualify as business expenses.
Academic text (2004) -
But when you operate as a business, not a hobby, you're entitled to deduct legitimate business expenses, reducing your tax burden at year's end.
Academic text (2011) -
You can claim office supplies as a business expense when preparing your tax return.
Synonyms
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2.7
An amount of money spent for work or business
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Regular costs of running a business like rent and utilities
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4.7
A regular cost for running a business, for example rent or electricity
A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
How Costly
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5.1
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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3.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'business' (commercial activity) + 'expense' (a sum of money spent): together they denote a cost incurred in running a business. This straightforward noun-noun composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so even if tax-deduction nuances are specialized, a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the basic meaning.
Etymology
The phrase business expense joins business, meaning 'work', and expense, meaning 'money spent'. Imagine a shopkeeper buying supplies or taking a client to lunch and keeping the receipt to show the cost was for the business, so a business expense means a cost needed to run a business and is often used for 'tax purposes'.