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expense

n.

Whatever is paid out
expenditure, cost, price, outlay, charge, fee, payment, outgo, disbursement, alimony, child support, value, worth, sum, amount, risk, capital, rate, custom, excise, tax, carrying charge, budgeted item, cost of materials, overhead, time, payroll, investment, interest, interest charge, operating expense, surcharge, deductible expense, nondeductible expense, duty, assessment, nut*.
Antonyms profit*, income, receipts.
Whatever causes money to be paid out
responsibility, obligation, loan, mortgage, lien, debt, liability, investment, insurance, upkeep, alimony, loss, enterprise, debit, account.
Antonyms credit*, asset, accounts receivable.

at the expense of

at the cost of, at the sacrifice of, to the loss of, to the detriment of, paid by, charged to.

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Another word for expense

noun

Something expended to obtain a benefit or desired result:
cost, disbursement, expenditure, outlay. See transactions
A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something:
cost, price, sacrifice, toll¹. See transactions