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BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137

expense

Word family 
ex·pense /ɪkˈspens/ ●●○ noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]SPEND MONEY the amount of money that you spend on something 费用，花费
 He borrowed £150,000 and used the money for legal expenses.
他借了15万英镑用于支付律师费。
 Conference rooms were equipped at great expense.
装备会议室花费巨大。
2  expenses BECmoney that you spend on things such as travel and food while you are doing your job, and which your employer then pays to you 业务费用
on expenses
 Can you claim this meal on expenses?
这顿饭你能报销吗？
3  at the expense of somebody/something HARM/BE BAD FORif something is done at the expense of someone or something else, it is only achieved by doing something that could harm the other person or thing 以损害某人/某事物为代价
 the growth in short breaks, at the expense of longer package holidays
短假增多，以牺牲时间较长的包价旅游为代价
Examples from the Corpus
at the expense of somebody/something• He did not want to devote more time to his business at the expense of his family• The client may win in court, but at the expense of destroying the business relationship, he says.• These are not just the shifting form of the economy and the rise of financial capital at the expense of productive capital.• The two companies said their marriage will come at the expense of 2,000 jobs.• You will now release me: the resulting implication being that I bought my freedom at the expense of his.• So there is little chance that the 1993 programme will go for short-term audience gain at the expense of long-term credibility.• All is filtered through Hoving's glass, which magnifies himself at the expense of his colleagues.• The cars were produced quickly, at the expense of safety.• Similarly, countries may make use of automation to improve their international competitiveness, sometimes at the expense of other countries.• Such values work at the expense of a positive evaluation of females.
4  at somebody’s expense 
a) PAY FORif you do something at someone’s expense, they pay for you to do it 由某人付费
 Her mansion was refurnished at taxpayers’ expense.
她的宅第由纳税人出钱重新布置了一番。
b) HARM/BE BAD FORif you make jokes at someone’s expense, you laugh about them and make them seem stupid or silly 嘲笑某人
 Louis kept making jokes at his wife’s expense.
路易斯不断地嘲笑妻子。
Examples from the Corpus
at somebody’s expense• Several state senators traveled to Asia at taxpayers' expense.• Louis kept making jokes at his wife's expense.
5  all expenses paid having all of your costs for hotels, travel, meals etc paid for by someone else 〔酒店、旅行、用餐等〕所有费用均由他人支付的
 The prize is an all-expenses-paid trip to Rio.
奖品是去里约热内卢的全程免费旅游。
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: the amount of money that you spend on something 费用，花费
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + expense
the extra/additional expense 额外的费用
Is it worth the extra expense to get a room with a sea view?
值不值得为海景房多付钱啊？
an unnecessary expense 不必要的花费
Paying extra for leather seats seemed like an unnecessary expense.
另加钱坐皮座椅似乎是不必要的花费。
living expenses (=money that you spend on rent, food, and things such as electricity, gas etc) 生活费用
She receives £80 a week, from which she must pay for all her living expenses.
她每周收入80英镑，得用这笔钱支付所有的生活费。
operating expenses (=money that a company spends on running its business) 营运开支
We must reduce our operating expenses.
我们必须减少营运开支。
legal/medical expenses 律师费/医疗费
We had to get a loan to pay for my husband’s medical expenses.
我们只得贷款支付我丈夫的医疗费。
nThe tenant can incur considerable legal expenses.
household expenses (=money spent looking after a house and the people in it) 家庭开支
nUnfortunately, household expenses don’t go away just because you’re in hospital or out of work.
funeral expenses (=the cost of arranging a funeral) 丧葬费
nShe had a small insurance policy to cover the funeral expenses.
phrases
at great/huge/considerable/vast expense (=used when saying that something costs a lot of money) 花费大笔费用
The tiles were imported at great expense from Italy.
这些瓷砖是高价从意大利进口的。
nRecently, and at vast expense to the taxpayer, the bridge was rebuilt.
at your own expense (=used when saying that you pay for something yourself) 自己支付费用
He had copies of the book printed at his own expense.
他自己花钱印了这本书。
at (the) public expense (=paid for by the public through taxes) 用公费
The bridge was built at public expense.
这座桥是公费修建的。
go to the expense of doing something (=do something that costs a lot of money) 花钱做某事
The council must now decide whether to go to the expense of appealing through the courts.
地方议会现在必须决定是否要出钱向法院上诉。
spare no expense (in doing something) (=spend a lot of money to buy the best things) 不惜费用(做某事)
Her parents spared no expense in arranging the wedding.
她父母不惜花费，大办婚礼。
nEverything has been provided tonight – no expense has been spared!
verbs
incur an expense formal (=have to pay for something) 引致[带来]费用
Potential buyers incur the expense of a survey and legal fees.
潜在买家要承担房屋鉴定费及法律费用。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2:
NOUN + expenses
travel/travelling expenses
The company will pay the travelling expenses involved in getting to and from the meeting.
entertainment/business expenses
The president receives an unspecified allowance for business and entertainment expenses.
relocation/moving expenses
Successful candidates will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes relocation expenses if needed.
verbs
pay somebody’s expenses
They agreed to pay my travel expenses and initial accommodation costs.
claim expenses (=officially ask your employer to pay you back money that you have spent while doing your job)
If you have to stay overnight, you will be able to claim any expenses back.
reimburse somebody’s expenses (=pay the money someone has spent for business purposes back to them)
Your expenses will usually be reimbursed within one month of receiving the claim.
Examples from the Corpus
expense• I was educated at his expense and until I repay his investment, it is illegal to employ me directly.• The fateful words do not establish a trust in favour of him, but instead a trust at his expense in favour of another person.• The problem is one of expense and effort in doing so, not the availability of the material.• Gast decided to stick around at his own expense and film as much as he could with the fighters.• Thus the legal aid scheme permits those eligible to take the risk of litigation at the possible expense of the Fund.• Or we could leave it up to the electricity generators to reduce the impact, at the expense of higher bills.• As a practical matter, a receipt showing the amount of the expense is an absolute prerequisite to substantiating a travel expense.
From Longman Business Dictionary
expenseex·pense /ɪkˈspens/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU]ACCOUNTING an amount of money that a business or organization has to spend on something
Most advertisers look upon advertising as an expense and not an investment, which is a mistake.
The company’s cost-cutting program is expected to reduce expenses by $28 million next year.
→ accrued expense → capital expense → direct expense → entertainment expense → fixed expense → general expense → handling expense → indirect expense → interest expense → marketing expense → overhead expense → sales expense → travel expense
2expenses [plural]ACCOUNTING money that an employee spends while doing their job on things such as travel and food, and which their employer then pays back to them
Come on, have another drink — it’s on expenses.
He gets an annual salary of $1.5 million; in addition he gets reimbursed for travel and other expenses.
ex·pense noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2
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BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense

noun¹

 1cost/money spent on sth花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSE | EXPENSE + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤considerable, enormous, great, huge, significant, vast可觀的花費；巨額花費➤added, additional, extra額外花費➤annual, monthly年度開支；月開支◇Your monthly housing expense should not be greater than 28% of your income.每月的住房開銷不應該超過你收入的 28%。➤unexpected, unforeseen意外的／未預料到的花費▸➤unnecessary不必要的花費▸➤public公帑◇The bridge was built at public expense.這橋是政府出資修建的。➤personal個人花費VERB + EXPENSE➤go to, incur花費◇They went to all the expense of redecorating the house and then they moved.他們花了那麼多錢重新裝修房子，可隨後就搬家了。➤involve, put sb to (especially BrE) 涉及到花錢；使某人花錢◇Their visit put us to a lot of expense.他們的來訪使我們花銷很大。➤bear, cover, meet負擔花費；支付開支◇She had to meet the expense herself.她得自己支付開銷。➤spare no不節省錢◇No expense was spared (= they spent as much money as was needed) to make the party a success.為了使聚會成功，該花的錢都花了。➤avoid, save避免花費◇Save the expense of calling out a plumber by learning some of the basics yourself.通過學會一些基本維修知識，省去請水管工的花費。➤cut, minimize, reduce削減／盡可能減少／降低花費◇You can reduce your expenses by selling your old car at a good price.你可以把舊車賣個好價錢來減少開支。➤be worth值得花費◇The results are well worth the expense.這些成果完全值得花這些錢。➤justify證明花費合理◇a claim large enough to justify the expense of insurance policy premiums索賠額高到足以證明保費的合理性EXPENSE + VERB➤rise花費上升◇My expenses are constantly rising and my income stays the same.我的花費不斷上升，可是收入卻和原來一樣。PREPOSITION➤at sb's/sth's expense由⋯付費；在損失⋯的情況下◇They had to repair the damage at their own expense.他們得自己花錢修理受破損之處。◇He built up the business at the expense of his health.他以自己的健康為代價逐步建立了這個企業。➤at... expense以⋯花費◇The house was transformed at great expense.花了很大一筆錢翻修房子。◇The package includes admission to the park at no extra expense.套票中包括公園的門票，無需額外付費。PHRASES➤at taxpayer expense, at taxpayers' expense, at the taxpayer's expense納稅人支付◇It emerged that they had received free first-class travel at the taxpayer's expense.結果是，他們接受了免費乘坐頭等艙的旅行，花的卻是納稅人的錢。
expense

noun²

 2sth that makes you spend money開支項目ADJECTIVE➤big, considerable, major, significant大筆的／相當大的／主要的／可觀的花費▸➤incidental雜費◇Relocated employees received grants towards / toward incidental expenses like buying carpets.工作地點變動的雇員獲得購買地毯等費用的雜項補助。➤ongoing經常性開支◇Insurance is an ongoing expense.保險是一項經常性開支。➤business, management營業費；管理費◇Meetings, and the time for them, are a considerable management expense.會議及所費時間是一筆頗大的管理花費。➤capital資本支出◇The process turned out to be a significant capital expense.結果，這個過程花去了一筆可觀的資本。➤depreciation, interest (both especially NAmE) 折舊費用；利息支出◇Net interest expense increased to $5.9 million from $4.1 million.淨利息支出從 410 萬增加到了 590 萬美元。
expense

noun³

 3expenses money spent for a particular purpose用於某目的的花費ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXPENSES | EXPENSES + VERB | EXPENSE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤high, low高額／低額費用◇Medical expenses can be quite high if you are not insured.如果你沒有買保險，醫療費會很高昂。◇Look for a fund with low expenses.尋找低成本的資金。➤allowable, eligible, legitimate, reasonable允許的費用；合法的費用；合理的費用◇You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.你可以索回對合法營業支出所課的稅。➤deductible, tax-deductible可抵扣的／可扣稅的費用◇Start keeping track of deductible expenses such as charitable contributions.開始逐筆記錄諸如慈善捐款等可抵稅的支出。➤basic基本費用◇The guides are unpaid except for basic expenses.除了基本費用以外，導遊並沒有其他收入。➤miscellaneous雜費➤ongoing經常性費用◇your ongoing expenses such as your employees' salaries雇員工資等經常性費用➤out-of-pocket (= paid for by an employee, to be claimed back later from the employer) 可報銷的開支◇Any out-of-pocket expenses incurred on the firm's business will be reimbursed.由公司業務產生的開銷都可以報銷。➤total總開支◇Total employee expenses were up about 6%.雇員的總開銷大約增加了 6%。➤personal個人開支▸➤living生活開銷▸➤household家庭開支➤administrative, maintenance, operating, operational, overhead (all especially NAmE) 管理開銷；維護花費；運營費用；間接費用➤business, work-related因公支出；與工作相關的費用➤marketing (especially NAmE) 營銷費用▸➤travel, travelling/traveling (especially BrE) 差旅費▸➤moving, relocation, removal (BrE) 搬遷費用➤childcare, college, educational, health-care, legal, medical孩子照管費用；大學花費；教育費；保健費用；律師費；醫療費▸➤funeral喪葬費VERB + EXPENSES➤incur產生費用▸➤cover, defray, meet, offset, pay, reimburse支付花銷；退還費用；償還花費◇He was given a sum of money to cover his travel expenses.他得到一筆錢以支付差旅費。➤claim, claim back, claim for索要費用；索還費用◇They are claiming expenses for travel and meals.他們要求報銷旅費及餐費。➤recoup收回費用◇We will recoup our expenses within 24 months.我們將在 24 個月內收回開支。➤deduct扣除費用◇You will have to pay income tax on the rent you receive, although you can deduct expenses such as insurance.你可以扣除保險費等的開支，但租金收入要納稅。➤cut, lower, minimize, reduce削減／降低／最大限度減少／縮減開支◇in an effort to reduce expenses and boost profits努力減少開支提高利潤EXPENSES + VERB➤arise from sth, arise out of sth (both especially BrE) 費用出現◇You can expect to receive compensation for all expenses arising out of the accident.由這次事故引起的所有費用你都有望獲得賠償。➤increase, rise費用增加／提高◇Operating expenses rose by more than 23% last year.去年運營費用增加了 23% 以上。EXPENSE + NOUN➤expense account報銷賬目◇Put the cost of the meal on your expense account.把這頓飯的花費記在你的報銷賬目上。➤expenses claim, expense report (NAmE) 費用申請／報告➤expense reimbursement (NAmE) 費用補償◇You will receive expense reimbursement for up to $5 000 for legal representation.作為法律代表，你將會獲得最高 5,000 美元的費用補償。PREPOSITION➤on expenses (BrE) 公費開支◇I think we deserve a night out on expenses.我覺得我們該花公費出去玩一個晚上。PHRASES➤all expenses paid所有費用已付◇a two-day, all-expenses-paid trip to New York City費用全包的紐約兩日遊➤spare no expense不惜花費◇When it came to the wedding, no expense was spared (= a lot of money was spent).辦婚禮可是花了一大筆錢。
BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137
expense noun
⇨ costs (travel expenses) ⇨ price (do sth at great expense)
BNC: 1919 COCA: 2137

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