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trade expense

trade expense

3.4
A cost a business has when running its normal work, like travel to meet clients
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : gasto comercial
  • Travel costs to meet with clients are often considered a trade expense by businesses.

Examples

  • The accountant explained which items could be classified as a trade expense for tax deductions.

  • A trade expense can significantly reduce taxable income.

  • The company reviewed each trade expense to ensure compliance with financial regulations.

  • Have you recorded your trade expenses for this quarter?

  • The accountant explained which items could be classified as a trade expense for tax deductions.

  • Travel costs to meet with clients are often considered a trade expense by businesses.

  • The company reviewed each trade expense to ensure compliance with financial regulations.

Synonyms

expense
vstrade expense
524 2.7

An amount of money spent for work or business

is limited to ordinary necessary costs in commercial activity for tax use
business expense
vstrade expense
  • Specialized
10 3.0

A cost you pay while running a business, often needed for work

includes costs from any commercial activity as well as company operations
operating expense
vstrade expense
  • Specialized
8 4.7

A regular cost for running a business, for example rent or electricity

includes other ordinary costs beyond daily operation such as income taxes
transaction cost
vstrade expense
  • Specialized
3 4.1

Money you spend when you buy or sell something, for example finding information and making agreements

focuses on routine operational costs rather than deal specific process expenses

How Large

capital expenditure
  • Specialized
4 6.4
big-ticket
15 5.1
trade expense
  • Specialized
3.4

Surface Forms

trade expense singular
trade expenses plural

Morphology

trade + expense

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'trade' (business activity) + 'expense' (a cost): it denotes a cost associated with trading or running a business. This noun-noun modification pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning (aside from finer tax-related nuances).

Etymology

Trade expense comes from a simple business picture: a shopkeeper writing the day’s costs in a book, where trade means 'the business' and expense means 'money paid out'. So, trade expense today means the usual costs of running a business, often counted for tax purposes.