Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expense"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Husband nature's riches from expense. --Shak.
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.
Courting popularity at his party's expense.
--Brougham.
3. Loss. [Obs.] --Shak.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
--Spenser.
{Expense magazine} (Mil.), a small magazine containing
ammunition for immediate use. --H. L. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expense
n 1: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently
tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
[syn: {disbursal}, {disbursement}]
2: a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
3: money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an
employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the
meeting"
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