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1. Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
   - 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"

1. Reduce the estimated value of something
   - write off, write down

Derived forms: expensing, expensed, expenses

Type of: cost, depreciate, detriment, expenditure, hurt, outgo [archaic], outlay, spending

Encyclopedia: Expense