English-Dutch translations for expense

• kosten
  De onkostenvergoeding moet overeenkomen met de werkelijk gemaakte kosten. Expenses must be reimbursed on the basis of actual costs.
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, ik weet dat hieraan extra kosten verbonden zijn. I realize, Mr President, that that involves extra expense.
  De kosten staan in geen verhouding tot de baten. Here, the expense bears no relation to the benefit.
• uitgave
  Zullen er uitzonderingen zijn, of zal elke uitgave via het internet worden verantwoord? Will there be exceptions, or will every expense be accounted for on the Internet?
  Ook moet iedere uitgave die door de instellingen is gedaan, duidelijk worden gespecificeerd en onderbouwd. Furthermore, each expense incurred by the institutions should be clearly specified and justified.
  Dit is voor veel gezinnen tenslotte de grootste uitgave van het jaar, en zij verwachten dat wij hen beschermen. After all, this is the biggest budget expense many families have in a year and they expect us to protect them.

Definition of expense

• A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds
• The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated
• Loss
• To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works

Examples

• She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education
• Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run
• We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company
• Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldnt beat him
• It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client

Related words

• expenses
• expense account
• expense account fiddler
• expense allowance
• at someone's expense
• incidental expense
• at the expense of
• matter of expense
• public expense