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expense

expense

Meaning of expense

English

the amount of money that you spend on something

Русский

деньги, потраченные на что-то

expense

Pronunciation

British English
/ɪkˈspens/
American English
/ɪkˈspens/

expense with Russian translation

Сочетания и примеры со словом expense

Типичные сочетания сгруппированы по смыслу. Зелёные слова можно открыть отдельно, чтобы продолжить изучение.

9 сочетаний

Виды расходов

Kinds of expenses
travel expenses
командировочные расходы

Keep the receipts so we can reimburse your travel expenses.

Сохраняйте чеки, чтобы мы могли возместить ваши командировочные расходы.

living expenses
расходы на жизнь

My scholarship barely covers my living expenses this semester.

В этом семестре моя стипендия едва покрывает расходы на жизнь.

  • out-of-pocket expensesличные расходы

Кто платит

Who pays
at your own expense
за свой счёт

You must replace the broken window at your own expense.

Ты должен заменить разбитое окно за свой счёт.

cover the expenses
покрыть расходы

Our hosts offered to cover the expenses for the minibus.

Наши хозяева предложили покрыть расходы на микроавтобус.

  • spare no expenseне скупиться

Ценой чего-то или кого-то

At a cost to someone
at the expense of
в ущерб

He finished the project at the expense of his sleep.

Он закончил проект в ущерб своему сну.

laugh at someone's expense
смеяться над кем-то

It's not kind to laugh at someone's expense.

Некрасиво смеяться над кем-то.

  • a joke at someone's expenseшутка над кем-то

expense usage examples

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

Food was our biggest expense on the trip.

Еда была нашим самым большим расходом в поездке.

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

We need to cut our monthly expenses.

Нам нужно сократить наши ежемесячные расходы.

expense synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between expense, cost, spending, expenditure, and outlay

C
🇬🇧English
cost

The price of something; expense is money spent

very often

ENThe cost of the tickets went up.

spending
🇬🇧English

Money spent overall, usually over a period

very often

ENOur spending on food doubled this year.

E
🇬🇧English
expenditure

Formal: money spent by a government or organization

often

ENThe government plans to raise expenditure on schools.

Advanced: broader words

O
🇬🇧English
outlay

Formal: money spent to start something

rare word

ENThe initial outlay for the café was huge.

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Questions about this word

What does expense mean?

the amount of money that you spend on something

How do you pronounce expense?

expense is pronounced [ɪkˈspens].

How is expense used in a sentence?

Еда была нашим самым большим расходом в поездке. Translation: Food was our biggest expense on the trip.

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