How to Use expense in a Sentence

expense

1 of 2 noun

• I don't think a first-class ticket is worth the added expense.
• A new car is a major expense.
• The annual fee is simply an expense of doing business.
• Maybe that expense is a front-door ramp.
  — Michael Frerichs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
• The same one, at great expense.
  — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
• Maybe, at times, that came at the expense of the rest of the cast.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
• Here’s how her share of expenses breaks down.
  — Mike Winters tasia Jensen, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
• Their expenses are very, very slim.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• Start with housing, the largest expense.
  — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
• Sales tax revenue cannot be used for all expenses.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
• This would have come at the expense of their margins and profits.
  — John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• If my job got shakier, what’s the first expense I’d cut?
  — Staff Reports, USA Today, 7 June 2026
• The biggest downside of cedar mulch is its expense.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
• Cut back on expenses, drive less; meet more people, reach out.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
• That painful memory was fresh enough for fans to have some fun at the team’s expense.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
• Most of it went to other expenses.
  — Clifton Adcock, The Frontier, 18 Mar. 2026
• Keep the receipt for each business expense.
  — Nancy Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
• This often means a rental car and food are the only expenses.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• That would be their take of the profits after expenses are paid.
  — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
• Lisa still lives in the home with the children without a single expense.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
• Attend the hearing to speak to the court at a customer's own expense.
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 June 2026
• Profit cannot come at the expense of trust or equity.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 11 Feb. 2026
• Fallon says feeding the dogs alone can be a major expense.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
• The city’s expenses are growing at a faster rate than its revenues.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• For Colón, who plans to come to future events, the wait to save on this expense was worth it.
  — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
• Then, Vought came along and covered all the expenses.
  — Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• People trade down, look for bargains and cut out some expenses.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
• Reshoots for as much as $50 million were done at the estate’s expense.
  — Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
• Hill takes out loans to pay her daughter’s college expenses.
  — Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
• Fuel is one of the largest expenses for airlines.
  — Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026

expense

2 of 2 verb

• Companies can make a lot of money at that price range and also keep their income up and expenses down.
  — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
• The following month, Schroder expensed a $218 meal at the same restaurant.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
• Good luck expensing a couple of thousand dollars in championship cigars if the Cavs lost the game.
  — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• Because of the near victory before extra innings, the Dodgers had expensed their best arms.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
• Palantir fired two employees who expensed lingerie and suits, people familiar with the episode say.
  — Eliot Brown, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
• Team staffers also receive per diem, although some opt to decline the benefit in order to expense lavish meals.
  — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 12 July 2018
• Marquis has increased the Cliburn’s expenses for school performances, which are free for local schools.
  — Andrea Ahles, star-telegram.com, 3 June 2017
• However, the way that these costs can be expensed depends primarily on the company’s size.
  — Nathan Goldman, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• This move violates rules that state the prime minister’s residence cannot expense catered meals while also employing a chef.
  — Renae Reints, Fortune, 21 June 2018
• Some companies expense the credits at the time of purchase, while others capitalize and write them off later.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• One of the biggest differences between book and tax income is how companies expense their investments.
  — Rob Portman, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
• This new change allows for business owners to be able to expense business items all in one year that were incurred after the year 2017.
  — Karlton Dennis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Those who live within two hours of the Boston headquarters can now fully expense the cost of traveling into the office once a month.
  — Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2021
• And both parties will be required to pay for the jury’s lunch during the panel’s deliberations, a cost usually expensed by the court.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
• And both parties will be required to pay for the jury’s lunch during the panel’s deliberations, a cost usually expensed by the court.
  — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
• The company said in its annual report its capitalization of those costs is limited, and so some of them are expensed as they are incurred.
  — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 8 July 2018
• Now renovations are in the same category as home remodelings and must be expensed over 39 years.
  — Mark Escamilla, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2018
• The tax code denies small businesses the ability to fully expense training costs, largely leaving that option to bigger firms.
  — Revana Sharfuddin, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
• Visa’s spending on personnel rose 8% in the quarter because the company continued to expense hiring from late last year.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2020
• Honda decided against designing a plug-in because of the additional weight and expense the driveline brings.
  — cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• More recently, it was revealed that Howell had expensed roughly $3,000 in spending at strip clubs.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025
• The sports-marketing staff were among the employees who sometimes attended strip clubs with athletes and expensed the visits to the company, the people said.
  — Khadeeja Safdar, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
• The business expenses Along with paying and training workers, coffee shop owners must keep the lights on — literally.
  — Emily Wright, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The House Minority Leader is not the only one to expense unusual travel costs.
  — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
• Are Donovan’s campaign expenses legal?
  — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
• In the remaining 33 states, lawmakers will need to pass new legislation in order to provide full business expensing at the state level.
  — Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• The brand also advised workers not to expense alcoholic beverages without permission.
  — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
• Companies have long been able to expense their R&D costs upfront, even if the product of that research ends up being a product or patent that could generate revenue for years.
  — Washington Post, 29 May 2019
• Federal travel rules allow first- and business-class flights to be expensed to the EPA on long, international trips only.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2018
• Families can withdraw money for qualified education expenses tax-free.
  — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026