expense account

noun

: an account of expenses reimbursable to an employee

also : the right of charging expenses to such an account

Examples of expense account in a Sentence

He charged dinner to his expense account. She put the tickets on her expense account.

Recent Examples on the Web

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At over $5,000 a bottle, out of reach for even the most inflated expense accounts. —

Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024 Some brands depend heavily on executives and their expense accounts to purchase their top-shelf bottles. —

Clara Wang, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Aug. 2024 Job one will be winning back members who quit in recent years over bad headlines about NRA mismanagement and extravagant expense accounts. —

Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024 The tipster was in possession of a small red hard drive containing thousands of documents that revealed widespread abuse by legislators of their parliamentary expense accounts. —

Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for expense account

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of expense account was in 1922

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“Expense account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expense%20account. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.

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