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'expense' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'expense' with 20 example sentences.


expense verb

: reduce the estimated value of something

expense noun

: amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

: a detriment or sacrifice

: money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer


  • One thousand dollars will cover all the expenses for the party.
  • Your expenses are much higher than your income.
  • We need to lower our monthly expenses.
  • We shouldn't make jokes at other people's expense.
  • They will have to cut down their expenses.
  • This just barely covers our living expenses.
  • I'm traveling at my own expense.
  • My aunt won an all-expenses-paid tour of Hawaii.
  • She published the book at her own expense.
  • Keeping a car is a considerable expense.
  • I don't care about the expense.
  • She passed the test at the expense of her social life.
  • Let's share the expenses.
  • He traveled at the expense of the company.
  • John finished the work at the expense of his health.
  • They had great fun at my expense.
  • I had a good dinner at his expense.
  • I saved on travelling expenses by staying at a cheap hotel.
  • RAID-1 focuses on reliability, at the expense of storage size.
  • My brother still depends on our parents for his living expenses.
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