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Meaning of expense

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  expense
      n 1: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently
           tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) [syn:
           {expense}, {disbursal}, {disbursement}]
      2: a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
      3: money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an
         employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the
         meeting"
      v 1: reduce the estimated value of something; "For tax purposes
           you can write off the laser printer" [syn: {expense},
           {write off}, {write down}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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