'Expense' definitions:

Definition of 'expense'

From: WordNet
noun
Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) [syn: expense, disbursal, disbursement]
noun
A detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
noun
Money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
verb
Reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" [syn: expense, write off, write down]

Definition of 'Expense'

From: GCIDE
  • Expense \Ex*pense"\, n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.]
  • 1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. [1913 Webster]
  • Husband nature's riches from expense. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. [1913 Webster]
  • Courting popularity at his party's expense. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Loss. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]