Antonym: income. Similar words: at the expense of, expert, expect, expected, expertise, experiment, experience, experienced. Meaning: [ɪk'spens] n. 1. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) 2. a detriment or sacrifice 3. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer.
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241. This was a concession to the Magyars at the expense of other peoples within the borders of the Dual Monarchy.
242. Dynastic concord and family harmony were, however, bought somewhat at the expense of the two princes' subjects.
243. At times perhaps that is sought at some one else's expense.
244. Holding elections to seek voter approval of existing taxes and fees is another expense.
245. We buy our wild rice in broken pieces, which cuts the expense in half.
246. Her emotional maturity should be such that she does not have to gratify personal needs at the patient's expense.
247. There will be no empty nest, no shedding of familial responsibilities and expense.
248. So there is little chance that the 1993 programme will go for short-term audience gain at the expense of long-term credibility.
249. Why are hospital patients discharged so quickly and what happens to people who can not afford the expense of convalescent care.
250. He says that everything has been laid on tonight, no expense spared.
251. The annual subscription is, incidentally, an allowable expense and can be paid by instalment if necessary.
252. We now have the added expense of having two kids in college.Sentencedict.com
253. With travel and entertainment expenses, the bona fides of the expense may not be so readily apparent.
254. So they can come with time off work and probably on an expense account, even to a far-flung location.
255. But they cringe at the idea that some one else may benefit at their expense.
256. On the Maidenhead side, it would mean considerable expense and demolition of properties - it would be much more expensive.
257. Illiterates have no hope at all of calculating the expense of local service, let alone long-distance calls.
258. It makes no sense to protect yesterday s jobs at the expense of tomorrow s. Nor is it fair.
259. All is filtered through Hoving's glass, which magnifies himself at the expense of his colleagues.
260. As a practical matter, a receipt showing the amount of the expense is an absolute prerequisite to substantiating a travel expense.
261. Although, the Civic Center is a public building, built at taxpayers expense, its plaza is not public.
262. They denied a request by the hospital to repeat the study at their own expense.
263. Before the departure for Paris, Mrs Maugham fortunately forfeited her position by various gratuitous and irrelevant remarks about the expense.
264. Expense rose to $ 1. 04 billion from $ 976 million, partly because of the First Fidelity acquisition.
265. The customer would probably be unhappy if the project were completed well ahead of time at the expense of some key quality aspect.
266. I immediately had copies made at great expense because it was typewritten on onionskin paper in the 1940s.
267. Forbes would keep it pure, getting rid of the home mortgage, medical expense and charitable deductions and everything else.
268. She and assistant manager Lance Green had been instructed to improve profits at the expense of Burger King.
269. He supported orphanages and schools, underprivileged children went on camping holidays at his expense.
270. Branson spared no expense in getting Event off the ground.
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