Expense Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭk-spĕns
Whatever is paid out
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. disbursement
  2. cost
  3. expenditure
  4. outlay
  5. charge
  6. payment
  7. price
  8. risk
  9. overhead
  10. fee
  11. outgo
  12. alimony
  13. child-support
  14. value
  15. worth
  16. sum
  17. amount
  18. capital
  19. rate
  20. custom
  21. excise
  22. tax
  23. carrying charge
  24. budgeted item
  25. debt
  26. cost of materials
  27. time
  28. payroll
  29. investment
  30. disbursal
  31. interest
  32. dispensation
  33. interest charge
  34. operating-expense
  35. surcharge
  36. deductible expense
  37. nondeductible expense
  38. duty
  39. forfeiture
  40. assessment
  41. nut
  42. at the cost of
  43. loss
  44. at the sacrifice of
  45. to the loss of
  46. to the detriment of
  47. paid by
  48. charged to
  49. sacrifice
  50. upkeep
  51. white-elephant
Antonyms:
  1. payment
  2. profit
  3. income
  4. receipts
A loss sustained in the accomplishment of or as the result of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cost
  2. price
  3. sacrifice
  4. toll
Reduce the estimated value of something
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. write-off
  2. write-down
Whatever causes money to be paid out
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. responsibility
  2. obligation
  3. loan
  4. mortgage
  5. lien
  6. debt
  7. liability
  8. investment
  9. insurance
  10. upkeep
  11. alimony
  12. loss
  13. enterprise
  14. debit
  15. account
Antonyms:
  1. credit
  2. asset
  3. accounts receivable

Words Related to Expense

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. transactions
  2. direct-costs
  3. general expenses
  4. expences
  5. subsistence
  6. overheads
  7. expenses
  8. allowance

Expense Sentence Examples

  • I'm still waiting for his last expense account.

  • He paid particular attention to the March expense accounts and itineraries.

  • According to Byrne's expense account he was in Scranton for two days just before he shacked up at the Whitney Motel!

  • I know it's a major expense, so I made arrangements today.

  • The tyrants general policy was to favor the multitude at the expense of his own caste.

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