The Meaning of expense

• (n.) A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
• (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.
• (n.) Loss.

Synonyms

disbursal , disbursement , write off , write down

Rhymes

bence , cense , cents , commence , commonsense , condense , defence , defense , dense , dispense , fence , ferenc , flense , frankincense , hence , hense , immense , incense , intense , mense , misrepresents , nondefense , offense , pence , pense , pretense , recompense , sense , spence , suspense , tense , thence , whence