all-expense

adjective

: involving the payment of all costs by the sponsor or the assessment of a fixed single charge for all costs (as of transportation, meals, hotels, and entertainment)

winners of the contest will be awarded an all-expense trip

railroads offering all-expense tours this summer

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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