as in cost
a payment made in the course of achieving a result they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams

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Recent Examples of expense The credit card linked to Reina was used to purchase $145,000 in travel, lodging and vehicle rental costs that auditors said did not appear to be business expenses. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025 But unlike private industry, where employee salaries and benefits are the top expense, in the federal government personnel costs make up just about 4% of spending. Stephen Fowler, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025 The data was compiled at public expense by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation — which stalled and denied the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times for two years rather than divulge information that clearly fell under state public-records laws. Krys Fluker, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025 Too often, that comes at the expense of what a club is: its history, its culture, its locality. Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expense

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“Expense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expense. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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