expense

Definition of expense in English English dictionary: To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works
It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.; That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds
Husband nature's riches from expense.; Loss
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.; the laying out or expending or money or other resources, as time or strength; {n} money expended, charge, cost, loss, wast; a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting; Your policy's share of the company's operating costs-fees for medical examinations and inspection reports, underwriting, printing costs, commissions, advertising, agency expenses, premium taxes, salaries, rent, etc Such costs are important in determining dividends and premium rates; Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. He's bought a specially big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly It was not a fortune but would help to cover household expenses; A charge submitted for payment under an employee benefit plan; 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; An entry (or account) which records the outflow of assets from the University such as payroll charges, payments to contractors, and rent; The consumption of assets for the purpose of generating revenue; A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure; Total value of all of the resources consumed in producing goods and services; A policy's share of the company's operating costs, fees for medical examinations and inspection reports, underwriting, printing costs, commissions, advertising, agency expenses, premium taxes, salaries, rent, etc Such costs are important in determining dividends and premium rates (H); disapproval If you say that someone does something at the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern at the fact that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources. The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit; Money spent; Any operating cost, such as rent, utilities and payroll, as distinguished from capital expenditure for long-term property and equipment For mutual funds, a fund's cost of doing business All of a mutual fund's expenses are disclosed in its prospectus as a percentage of assets; money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"; Costs which are charged against income when they are incurred Examples are; The cost of a product or service A business subtracts its expenses from the money it takes in from sales to figure its profit; The cost of an item not subject to depreciation but included in the current operating costs of the university Individual items of equipment or furniture, with a unit cost less than $1,000 00 or a useful life of less than 2 years, are expense items charged to account number 8905 or 8906, respectively; An expense is caused by a transaction or event arising during the ordinary activities of the business which causes a decrease in the ownership interest; A cost relating to the operations of an accounting period or to the revenue earned during the period or the benefits of which do not extend beyond that period; The outflow of assets or the incurring of liabilities (or both) during a period as a result of rendering services, delivering or producing goods, or carrying out other normal operating activities; A business's cost for such things as rent, electricity, and worker's pay Your cost for such things as movies, snacks, clothes, and music; If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way which might cause them some harm or disadvantage. According to this study, women have made notable gains at the expense of men; Courting popularity at his partys expense; amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting; - Costs created in the process of generating revenues or operating a business May be a cash expense or accounting (non-cash) expense; Websters calls it "a spending or consuming; disbursement, expenditure What's important about expenses for the purpose of business accounting is that expenses are deductible against taxable income Common expenses are rent, salaries, advertising, travel, etc Questions arise because some businesses have trouble distinguishing between expenses and purchase of assets, especially with development expenses When your business purchases office equipment, if you call that an expense then you can deduct that amount from taxable income, so it reduces taxes; a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"; An individual’s cost or obligation to meet a need or pay a debt; amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures); Expenses are amounts of money that you spend while doing something in the course of your work, which will be paid back to you afterwards. As a member of the International Olympic Committee her fares and hotel expenses were paid by the IOC Can you claim this back on expenses?; The overhead cost involved in running the business, aside from losses of claims To an insurer, the cost of putting business on the books (See also: expense loading ); 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; A decrease in owner's equity resulting from the operation of a business; If someone laughs or makes a joke at your expense, they do it to make you seem foolish. I think he's having fun at our expense; If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something which costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it. Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can hire one?; A fund's cost of doing business All of a fund's expenses are disclosed in the prospectus as a percentage of assets; {i} cost, price, payment; Actual or expected cash outflows or incurrence of liabilities that result from the ongoing operation of a company; If you do something at someone's expense, they provide the money for it. Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?; jactura; {i} charges
expense account: An arrangement whereby an employee is reimbursed for work-related expenses
expense account: A bank account which employees may make withdrawals from for work-related purposes
expense account: An expense account is an arrangement between an employer and an employee which allows the employee to spend the company's money on things relating to their job, for example travelling or looking after clients. He put Elizabeth's motel bill and airfare on his expense account. expense account lunches. An account of expenses for repayment to an employee. money that is available to someone who works for a company so that they can pay for meals, hotels etc when travelling or entertaining people for work
expense account: an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses
expense account: account or list of expenses incurred in doing business outside of the office, account of expenses reimbursable to an employee
expense record: a written record of money spent
expense voucher: document certifying expenditures
incidental expense: A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity
operating expense: Any expense incurred in running a business, such as sales and administration, as opposed to production
operating expense: The money an entity spends in order to turn inventory into throughput
Pension Expense: Under the accrual method of accounting, this account reports the employer's expense for the company's pension plan during the period indicated in the heading on the income statement. Information on pensions can be found in an Intermediate Accounting textbook
operating expense: The expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes; (synonym) operating cost, overhead, budget items
at his expense: causing him trouble, to his detriment
come at the expense of: come causing detriment to -
expenses: The cost of goods, services, and facilities used or absorbed in the generation of current revenue
expenses: costs incurred (other than purchases) to carry on a business
expenses: Outgoings you incur in the running of your business, employment, property letting and so on, or on the purchase or sale of an asset
expenses: The charges consultancies make for expenditure incurred on client programmes, such as print, travel, telephones, mailing costs etc Usually charged monthly in arrears against agreed budgets and often with some items subject to standard consultancy mark-ups
expenses: Are consumption or losses of future economic benefits in the form of reductions in assets or increases in liabilities of the entity
expenses: Costs incurred in the normal course of business to generate revenues
expenses: Gross decreases in assets or gross increases in liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or purchasing goods, rendering services, and other mandated activities
expenses: Costs paid out in connection with booking of cargo and arranging transport (e g commission) Expiration Termination of a certain period
expenses: are consumptions or losses of future economic benefits, in the form of reductions in assets or increases in liabilities of Defence, other than those relating to distributions to the Commonwealth, that result in a decrease in equity during the reporting period
expenses: plural of expense
expenses: Outflow or other use of assets or incurrence of liabilities (or a combination of both) from delivering or producing goods, rendering services or carrying out other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major or central operation
expenses: The costs incurred to purchase specific goods or services BACK TO TOP
expenses: things you pay money for - both needs and wants
expenses: The amounts spent or committed by an MCO to pay for covered benefits and their administration
expenses: Expenditures for business items that have no future life (such as rent, utilities, or wages) and are incurred in conducting normal business activities
expenses: Costs such as salaries, rent, office supplies, advertising, and taxes Listed in the operating expenses category on the statement of earnings
expenses: Charges against a company's revenues Expenses are used to describe an outlay of funds by a company to cover costs incurred for producing and distributing products, selling, general and administrative functions
expenses: The costs of operating a business Unlike the cost of an asset, the cost of an expense does not provide a future benefit to the business Therefore, its effect is a reduction in owner's equity
expenses: Charges incurred, whether paid or unpaid, for operation, maintenance, interest, and other charges presumed to benefit the current fiscal period
expenses: Charges incurred, whether paid or unpaid, for operation, maintenance, interest, and other charges which are presumed to benefit the current fiscal period *NOTE: Legal provisions sometimes make it necessary to treat as expenses some charges whose benefits extend over future periods For example, purchases of materials and supplies which may be used over a period of more than one year and payments for insurance which is to be in force for a period longer than one year frequently must be charged in their entirety to the appropriation of the year in which they are incurred and classified as expenses of that year even though their benefits extend also to other periods
expenses: For federal income tax purposes, expenses are divided into four categories: (1) trade or business expenses, (2) expenses in connection with production of income, in connection with management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income, (3) expenses in connection with the determination, collection, or refund of any tax, and (4) personal, family, or living expenses Expenses in the first three categories are generally deductible in determining taxable income Expenses in the fourth category are not deductible, except in a few cases (medical expenses, charitable contributions, etc ) in which they are specifically allowed by law Expenses are to be distinguished from "capital expenditures," defined elsewhere in this glossary
expenses: Outflows or other depletion of assets or incurrence of liabilities during a specific period of time which result from the delivery or production of goods, rendering of services, or carrying out of other activities that constitute the entity's ongoing major central operations
expenses: Outflows or other using up of assets or incurrence of liabilities (or a combination of both) during a period from delivering or producing goods, rendering services, or carrying out other activities that constitute the entity’s ongoing major or central operations
expenses: are the daily costs incurred in running and maintaining a business
expenses: The costs incurred to purchase specific goods or services Top of Page
expenses: Those general charges or expenses in any business which cannot be charged up as belonging exclusively to any particular part of the work or product, as where different kinds of goods are made, or where there are different departments in a business; called also fixed, establishment, or (in a manufacturing business) administration, selling, and distribution, charges, etc
expenses: {i} charges that an employee incurs in the performance of work (such as travel expenses), expenditures of a business
financial expense: action that requires an outlay of money
incidental expense: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses
interest expense: the company's interest expense for the latest twelve months, available as of the announcement date as found in the latest statutory/regulatory filings (in the US, 10K, latest 10Q)
interest expense: The amount of interest paid on outstanding debt
laugh at my expense: laugh at me, use me as a source for jokes, laugh at my situation
medical expense: amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems
moving expense: the cost of moving your residence from one location to another
operating expense: The expense of an insurer other than commissions and taxes Called " and Insurance Expense" in the convention statement blank (G)
operating expense: Those expenses in to the normal operation of the business, excluding interest expense and one-time charges Also referred to as Overhead
promotional expense: the cost of promoting a product