Synonyms of expenses

expenses

noun

plural of expense

as in costs

a payment made in the course of achieving a result

they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams

Synonyms & Similar Words

• costs
• expenditures
• outlays
• disbursements
• prices
• charges
• rates
• outgoes
• overheads
• outflows
• tariffs
• tolls
• tabs
• spending moneys
• pocket moneys

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of expenses

Those deductibles go up when hospital prices, drug costs, and labor expenses increase, as insurers try to slow premium growth by shifting more costs to patients. — Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

If approved later this month, those expenses would reflect a roughly 8% overall increase from what officials approved for the 2026 budget year. — Sofi Zeman august 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Family and friends of Dyer have been trying to raise money on GoFundMe to help his wife, Joy, pay for funeral costs, living expenses and therapy sessions. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Not all of Zitron’s jabs may have landed with the audience, particularly his suggestion that large language models can’t yield reliable returns on those expenses. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026

In 2017, the year Helm took over, the studio took in $120,000 in gross profit, with $134,000 in additional expenses, resulting in losses of about $14,000. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

Owens and Black have repeatedly denied that GoFundMe donations helped pay their daughter’s legal expenses. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

When estimating quarterly tax obligations, sole proprietors should keep in mind that owner draws are NOT tax-deductible expenses for their business. — Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026