expense
part of speech
noun (an expense, expenses; expense, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Expense is the amount of money something costs. tree →
2) An expense is something you have to pay for. tree →
3) Expenses are money a worker spends for the job and is paid back for. tree →
4) At someone's expense means they paid for it, or that a joke made them look silly. tree →
sense in the lessons
Money lessons and adult life (household expenses, travel expenses), maths (income minus expenses), stories and jokes (laughing at someone's expense).
examples
- The new roof was a huge expense. tree →
- Food is the family's biggest expense. tree →
- Mum's work pays her travel expenses. tree →
- They laughed at my expense. tree →
- The trip was paid for at the school's expense. tree →
- Spare no expense for the party! tree →
- Keep a list of your weekly expenses. tree →
- I have learned this at my own expense. tree →
note
Adjective: expensive. Do not confuse with «expanse» (a wide area). In maths: money left = income − expenses.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «expense» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.