English-Thai Dictionary

expense

N การ ใช้ (จน หมด  การ เสีย ไป  kan-chai

 

expense

N ค่าใช้จ่าย  cost charge price ka-chai-jai

 

expense is no object

IDM ไม่ว่า จะ ราคา เท่าไร ก็ตาม  mai-wa-ja-ra-ka-tao-rai-kor-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPENSE

n.expens'. [L. expensum.] A laying out or expending; the disbursing of money, or the employment and consumption, as of time or labor. Great enterprises are accomplished only by a great expense of money, time and labor. 1. Money expended; cost; charge; that which is disbursed in payment or in charity. A prudent man limits his expenses by his income. The expenses of war are rarely or never reimbursed by the acquisition either of goods or territory.
2. That which is used, employed, laid out or consumed; as the expense of time or labor.

 

EXPENSEFUL

a.expens'ful. Costly; expensive. [Little used. ]

 

EXPENSELESS

a.expens'less. Without cost or expense.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPENSE

Ex *pense ", n. Etym: [L. expensa (sc. pecunia ), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend. ]

 

1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak.

 

2. 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. Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.

 

3. Loss. [Obs. ] Shak. And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser. Expense magazine (Mil. ), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott.

 

EXPENSEFULL

EXPENSEFULL Ex *pense "full, a.

 

Defn: Full of expense; costly; chargeable. [R.] Sir H. Wotton. -- Ex *pense "ful *ly, adv. [R.] -- Ex *pense "ful *ness, n. [R.]

 

EXPENSELESS

EXPENSELESS Ex *pense "less, a.

 

Defn: Without cost or expense.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expense

ex pense |ikˈspens ɪkˈspɛns | ▶noun the cost required for something; the money spent on something: we had ordered suits at great expense | the committee does not expect members to be put to any expense . • (expenses ) the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task, esp. one undertaken for another person: his hotel and travel expenses. • a thing on which one is required to spend money: tolls are a daily expense. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be expensed ) offset (an item of expenditure ) as an expense against taxable income. PHRASES at someone's expense paid for by someone: the document was printed at the taxpayer's expense. • with someone as the victim, esp. of a joke: my friends all had a good laugh at my expense. at the expense of so as to cause harm to or neglect of: the pursuit of profit at the expense of the environment | language courses that emphasize communication skills at the expense of literature. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia )‘(money ) spent, ’ from Latin expendere ‘pay out ’ (see expend ).

 

expense account

ex pense ac count |ɪkˈspɛns əˌkaʊnt | ▶noun an arrangement under which sums of money spent in the course of business by an employee are later reimbursed by their employer.

 

Oxford Dictionary

expense

ex |pense |ɪkˈspɛns, ɛk- | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the cost incurred in or required for something: conference rooms were equipped at great expense | book into the best hotel you can find and hang the expense. • (expenses ) the costs incurred in the performance of one's job or a specific task: his hotel and travel expenses. • [ count noun ] a thing on which one is required to spend money: tolls are a daily expense. ▶verb [ with obj. ] offset (an item of expenditure ) as an expense against taxable income. • informal charge (something ) to an expense account: I can expense the refreshments. PHRASES at someone's expense paid for by someone. • with someone as the victim, especially of a joke: my friends all had a good laugh at my expense. at the expense of so as to cause harm to or neglect of: the pursuit of profit at the expense of the environment. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, alteration of Old French espense, from late Latin expensa (pecunia ) ‘(money ) spent ’, from Latin expendere ‘pay out ’ (see expend ).

 

expense account

ex |pense ac |count ▶noun an arrangement under which money spent in the course of business is later reimbursed by one's employer.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

expense

expense noun 1 the expense of entertaining: cost, price, charge, outlay, fee, tariff, levy, payment; informal, humorous damage. 2 (expenses ) regular expenses: overhead, costs, outlay, expenditure (s ), charges, bills, payment (s ); incidentals. 3 tax cuts come at the expense of social programs: sacrifice, cost, loss.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

expense

expense noun 1 Nigel resented the expense of entertaining: cost, price; charge, outlay, fee, tariff, toll, levy, payment, amount, rate, figure; informal, humorous damage. 2 most regular expenses can be paid by standing order: outgoing, payment, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, charge, bill, overhead; (expenses ) incidentals. 3 the imposition of stringent pollution controls will come at the expense of jobs: sacrifice, cost, loss.

 

Duden Dictionary

Expensen

Ex pen sen Pluralwort , die |Exp e nsen |die Expensen (Plural ) lateinisch [Gerichts ]kosten

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expense

ex pense /ɪkspéns, eks- /〖ex (外へ )pense (支払われること )〗(形 )expensive 名詞 複 ～s /-ɪz /1 U 費用 , 出費 , 物入り (!具体例では ～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う; ↓表現 ) ▸ buy at great [little ] expense 多額の費用で [ほとんど出費せずに ]買う ▸ reduce extra [unnecessary ] expenses 必要以上の [不必要な ]出費を減らす ▸ work part-time to help pay one's own expenses 出費の補填 （ほてん ）にアルバイトする ▸ win an all- expenses -paid trip to London 全額負担してもらえるロンドン旅行が当たる (!ハイフンはないこともある ) .表現 1 …費 ▸ living ～s 生活費 ▸ medical ～s 医療費 ▸ college ～s 大学の学費 ▸ travel ～s 旅費 ▸ household ～s 家計費 ▸ educational ～s 教育費 ▸ legal ～s 法務 [訴訟 ]費用 2 費用を …▸ cut down (on ) ～s 費用を切り詰める ▸ spare no ～費用を惜しまない ▸ cover ～s 費用を補う ▸ share ～s 費用を分担する ▸ meet ～s 費用を払う 2 C 〖～s 〗(業務上の )必要経費 , 支出金 ; (給与以外の )所要経費 , 実費, 手当 ▸ put [claim ] A on expenses A 〈費用 〉を経費で落とす, 会社につける 3 U 損失 ; 迷惑 , 犠牲, 代価 ▸ a victory won at great expense 大きな犠牲を払って得た勝利 4 C 〖通例単数形で 〗出費を要するもの [事 ]▸ Buying a car is quite a big expense .車を買うのはとてもお金のかかることだ 5 U 多額の費用 ▸ Is it worth the expense ?それは大金を払うに値するか .at A's exp é nse 1 Aの負担で, Aの費用で ▸ four years of training at the government's expense 国費による4年間の研修 2 〈人が 〉Aをだしにして ▸ She made jokes at her husband's expense .彼女は夫をだしにして冗談を言った at the exp é nse of A A 〈人 事 物 〉を犠牲にして, Aに迷惑をかけて ▸ His success was bought at the expense of others .彼の成功はほかの人を犠牲にして得られた ▸ He finished writing the novel at the expense of his health .彼は健康を犠牲にしてその小説を書き上げた g ò to gr è at [a l ò t of ] exp é nse «…するのに » 多額の費用を投じる «to do » .g ò to the exp é nse of A [do ing ]A 〈物 事 〉[…するの ]に大金を払う .～́ acc ò unt (給料以外の )所要経費 (の記録 ), 交際費 .