as in cost
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams
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Recent Examples of expense
After accounting for its large interest expenses, those margins turn sharply negative.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
After the Herald published its first article in July, Rodriguez’s office returned a $200,000 county check, uncashed, that the county had issued to the A3 Foundation to cover CountryFest expenses from earlier in the year.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The Owens family has denied that the GoFundMe money will be used for Owens’ legal expenses.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
What other Cats have made their name at the Cards' expense?
—Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Nov. 2025
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
After the Herald published its first article in July, Rodriguez’s office returned a $200,000 county check, uncashed, that the county had issued to the A3 Foundation to cover CountryFest expenses from earlier in the year.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
The Owens family has denied that the GoFundMe money will be used for Owens’ legal expenses.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
What other Cats have made their name at the Cards' expense?
—Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expense
Noun
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Many young consumers, already juggling high costs for food, rent, and education, and crushed by an unsympathetic labor market, are entering adulthood with the self-care budget of a socialite twice their age.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Water Utilities has to study demographics and costs once the first two questions are answered.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Federal Reserve estimates tariffs are contributing five-tenths or six-tenths to the core personal consumption expenditures price index, the central bank's preferred measure of inflation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last week.—
Courtney Reagan,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Bonds ask for a specific dollar amount and can be used for capital expenditures such as new schools and facility buildings, technology infrastructure, safety improvements, school buses and equipment.—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Expense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expense. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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