expense account

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

expense′ account′, 

1. Business an account of business expenditures, as travel, hotel room, meals, and entertainment connected with work, for which an employee will be reimbursed by an employer.

• 1870–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

expense account noun

1. an arrangement by which expenses incurred in the course of a person's work are refunded by the employer or deducted from his or her income for tax purposes
2. a record of such expenses