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Meaning of the word expenses in English

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expenses

Verb

1.

offset (an item of expenditure) as an expense against taxable income.

Example:
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up to $17,500 in capital expenditures can be expensed in the year they were incurred

Noun

1.

the cost required for something; the money spent on something.

Example:
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we had ordered suits at great expense
Synonym:
costpricechargeoutlayfeetarifftolllevypaymentamountratefiguredamage
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