Collocations for "expense"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "expense" in context.
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expense
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [small, medium, low, high, reasonable, high, great] expense
- [daily, weekly, monthly, yearly] expenses
- [a necessary, an unnecessary, an unwelcome] expense
- [travel, household, business, accommodation] expenses
- an expense of [ten] dollars
- a [ten] -dollar expense
- a [twenty] -dollar expense seems reasonable
- a [fifty] -dollar expense is [ridiculous, a rip off, way too much]
- is an expense of the [job, hobby, sport]
- a new [car, washing machine, computer] is a necessary expense
- could do without the [extra, additional] expense (of)
- use a [store, credit, debit] card to pay for the expenses
- pay for the expenses [in cash, by check]
- the package covers [salary, taxes] and expenses
- [list, record, submit] your travel expenses
- expenses [incurred, caused, generated] by
- write off the expenses (when doing your taxes)
- can this expense be written off?
- at [the public's, taxpayers', the workers'] expense
- at the expense of other [workers, candidates, hopefuls]
- at the expense of his [colleagues, friends]
- expense a [flight, meal, lease, machine]
- expense [stocks, shares, equipment, vehicles]
- expensed over [time, the year, the quarter]
- expensed in [part, full, lieu]
- expensed [in accordance with, pursuant to]
'expense' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
account
- expense account
- grudge
- joke
- needless
- negligible
- override
- reimbursement
- shoulder
- spare
- unnecessary
- unpredictable