as in costs
a payment made in the course of achieving a result
they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams
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Recent Examples of expenses
Congress will also restore immediate expensing for research and development expenses, which many small businesses used.
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Allbusiness, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Most businesses will also have non-essential expenses like magazine subscriptions, fruit deliveries, or fresh flowers.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Despite the inmate population decreasing by 50,000 over the past 12 years, costs have continued to rise due to increasing healthcare expenses and the maintenance of aging facilities.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Your business may have several expenses that aren't essential to its running.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For consumers looking to change travel plans or recoup travel expenses, much will depend upon the airline, itinerary and, in some cases, whether a travel insurance policy was purchased.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Madrid’s modular construction approach and standardized designs serve as an example of how to streamline processes, cut costs, and reduce expenses, which Toronto could look to to reduce unnecessary expenditures and accelerate transit development.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
In late 2022, Festa led an effort with other towers and the towing association to get the DMV to increase towing rates, arguing at a DMV hearing that expenses on everything from truck insurance to workers’ compensation had gone up.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 5 Jan. 2025
The owner does have the theoretical option to try to convince a court that building expenses or other circumstances justify a higher rent increase, but few owners will go to the trouble or expense.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Allbusiness, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Most businesses will also have non-essential expenses like magazine subscriptions, fruit deliveries, or fresh flowers.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Despite the inmate population decreasing by 50,000 over the past 12 years, costs have continued to rise due to increasing healthcare expenses and the maintenance of aging facilities.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Your business may have several expenses that aren't essential to its running.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
For consumers looking to change travel plans or recoup travel expenses, much will depend upon the airline, itinerary and, in some cases, whether a travel insurance policy was purchased.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Madrid’s modular construction approach and standardized designs serve as an example of how to streamline processes, cut costs, and reduce expenses, which Toronto could look to to reduce unnecessary expenditures and accelerate transit development.
—Ankit Mishra, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
In late 2022, Festa led an effort with other towers and the towing association to get the DMV to increase towing rates, arguing at a DMV hearing that expenses on everything from truck insurance to workers’ compensation had gone up.
—Dave Altimari, ProPublica, 5 Jan. 2025
The owner does have the theoretical option to try to convince a court that building expenses or other circumstances justify a higher rent increase, but few owners will go to the trouble or expense.
—Joshua Stein, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Expenses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expenses. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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