expense

English Thesaurus

1. a detriment or sacrifice (noun.event)

hypernym	:	detriment, hurt,
definition	:	a damage or loss (noun.event)

2. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	cost,
definition	:	the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	business expense, trade expense,
definition	:	ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	interest expense,
definition	:	interest paid on loans (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	lobbying expense,
definition	:	expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	medical expense,
definition	:	amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	non-cash expense,
definition	:	an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	moving expense,
definition	:	the cost of moving your residence from one location to another (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead,
definition	:	the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	personal expense,
definition	:	the cost of personal or family living (noun.possession)

3. money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending,
definition	:	money paid out; an amount spent (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	incidental, incidental expense, minor expense,
definition	:	(frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified (noun.possession)

hyponym	:	travel expense,
definition	:	(frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer (noun.possession)

4. reduce the estimated value of something (verb.change)

hypernym	:	depreciate,
definition	:	lower the value of something (verb.change)

5. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) (noun.possession)

derivation	:	disburse, pay out,
definition	:	expend, as from a fund (verb.possession)

6. reduce the estimated value of something (verb.change)

derivation	:	write-off,
definition	:	the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset (noun.act)

derivation	:	write-down, write-off,
definition	:	(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset (noun.possession)

7. amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) (noun.possession)

derivation	:	disburse, pay out,
definition	:	expend, as from a fund (verb.possession)

8. reduce the estimated value of something (verb.change)

derivation	:	write-off,
definition	:	the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset (noun.act)

derivation	:	write-down, write-off,
definition	:	(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset (noun.possession)