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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expenses |
| Synonyms: | bite*, bottom line, charge, cost, damage, disbursement, expenditure, expense, highway robbery, investment, price tag, score*, setback*, spending, tab, throw*, tune* |
| Antonyms: | income, pay |
* = 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 |
| Main Entry: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expense; price paid |
| Synonyms: | amount, arm and a leg, bad news, bite*, bottom dollar, bottom line, charge, damage*, disbursement, dues, expenditure, figure, line, nick, nut*, outlay, payment, price, price tag, rate, score*, setback*, squeeze*, tab, tariff, ticket, toll, top dollar, value, worth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disburse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spend money |
| Synonyms: | acquit, ante up, come across, come through, come up with, contribute, cough up, deal, defray, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divvy, dole out, expend, foot the bill, give, lay out, measure out, outlay, partition, pay out, pony up, put out, shell out, use |
| Notes: | to disburse means 'to pay out or expend'; to disperse is 'to scatter something' |
| Antonyms: | deposit, hoard, hold, retain, save, set aside |
| Main Entry: | disbursement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment |
| Synonyms: | cost, disposal, expenditure, expense, outgoing, outlay, spending |
| Antonyms: | deposit, hoard, savings |
| Main Entry: | equity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money invested in possession |
| Synonyms: | capital, investment, outlay |
| Main Entry: | expend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust; spend |
| Synonyms: | ante up, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill, fork out, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out, shell out, splurge, spring for, throw money at, use up, wash up |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | savings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expense |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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