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| Main Entry: |
expense
 [ik-spens] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost, payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, assessment, bite*, bottom line, budget, charge, consumption, debit, debt, decrement, deprivation, disbursement, duty, expenditure, forfeit, forfeiture, insurance, investment, liability, loan, loss, mortgage, obligation, out of pocket, outdo, outlay, output, overhead, payroll, price, price tag, rate, responsibility, risk, sacrifice, spending, sum, surcharge, tariff, toll, upkeep, use, value, worth |
| Notes: | expenditure refers to an actual outlay of money or goods, whereas expense has a more general sense, a charge or cost of goods or property; we have expenses, but we make expenditures |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | amount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total |
| Synonyms: | addition, aggregate, all, bad news, body, budget, cost, damage*, entirety, expense, extent, list, lot, net, outlay, output, price tag, product, quantum, score, set-back, sum, tab, tidy sum, whole |
| Notes: | use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | price asked for something |
| Synonyms: | amount, bad news, bite, cost, damage, expenditure, expense, nick, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, squeeze, tab, tariff, tick |
Example Sentences
- For students from developed countries, funding is normally limited to per diem expenses.
- Trip does not include taxes or any other expenses not specifically listed herein.
- All unspecified expenses are the responsibility of winners.
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penalty, sacrifice |
| Synonyms: | damage, deprivation, detriment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, harm, hurt, injury, loss, suffering |
| Antonyms: | repayment, retribution |
| Main Entry: | damage(s) |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cost for problem |
| Synonyms: | amends, bill, charge, compensation, expense, fine, forfeit, indemnity, reimbursement, reparation, satisfaction, total |
| Antonyms: | award, compensation, profit, recompense, reward |
| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
| Antonyms: | deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | expenditure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | amount, application, bottom line, cash on barrelhead, charge, come to, consumption, cost, disbursement, dissipation, expense, figure, investment, kickback, outgo, outlay, output, payoff, price, rate, setback*, spending, splurge, squander, throw*, tune*, use, valuation, value, waste |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amount charged for transportation |
| Synonyms: | book, charge, check, expense, passage, price, slug, tariff, ticket, token, toll |
| Main Entry: | fee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charge for service or privilege |
| Synonyms: | account, ante, bill, bite*, chunk, commission, compensation, consideration, cost, cut*, emolument, end*, expense, gravy, handle, hire, honorarium, house*, juice*, pay, payment, percentage, piece of the action, piece*, price, rake-off, recompense, remuneration, reward, salary, share, slice*, stipend, take*, take-in, toll, wage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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