expense in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for expense in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

expense [Am ɪkˈspɛns, Brit ɪkˈspɛns, ɛkˈspɛns] N

1. expense U (cost, outlay):

expense
it's well worth the expense
hang the expense! inf
no expense was spared
we don't want to put you to any expense
at very little expense
at other people's expense
I bought it at my own expense
at the company's expense
they had a good laugh at my expense
at the expense of sth/sb (with the loss of)

all-expense [Am ˌɔlɪkˈspɛns, Brit ˌɔːlɪkˈspɛns] ADJ attr

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halve expense/time/length
halve expense/time/length
entail expense
entail expense
entail expense
moderate expense/price
moderate expense/price

Translations for expense in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

expense in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for expense in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

public expenditure N, public expense N ADMIN, POL, ECON

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary
to go to expense
to involve much expense

Translations for expense in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

expense Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

all expense(s) paid
at great expense
at the expense of sth a. fig
to go to expense
to go to the expense of
to have fun at sb's expense
to involve much expense
to put sb to expense
at one's own risk and expense
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This keeps high rise hotels to the east and west of the city, preserving the central skyline at the expense of greater tourist potential.
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Filming is top-notch, with no expense spared to get those special effects.
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If anything has to be done to the "res vendita" to put it in a deliverable state, the seller is responsible for doing so at his own expense.
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The complex is said to benefit from war profiteering and the looting of natural resources, often at the expense of the public interest.
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A schoolhouse was built at the expense of the parish in 1828.
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Since they were issued by the government and not a banking institution, it was an interest-free proposition, largely defraying the expense of the government and therefore taxation of the people.
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My single-biggest expense item in marketing is on the hockey strategy.
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This reduces the expense and time of mapping genome areas associated with disease, since it eliminates the need to study every individual SNP.
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Similarly, some schools report expenses in a way that assigns portions of all major expense items to football.
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In addition to medical expense insurance, health insurance may also refer to insurance covering disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs.
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