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Expense

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Expense
Expense Ex*pense", n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See {Expend}.] 1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. [1913 Webster]

Husband nature's riches from expense. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. [1913 Webster]

Courting popularity at his party's expense. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]

3. Loss. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

{Expense magazine} (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. --H. L. Scott. [1913 Webster]


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