English-French translations for expense

• dépense
  Quelles sont ces autres dépenses ? What are these other sundry expenses?
  La transparence en matière de dépenses est essentielle. Transparency in expenses is essential.
  Mais, on parle peu des dépenses de santé. However, little is said about health expenses.
• dépens
  La majorité aux dépens de la minorité. The majority at the expense of the minority.
  Cela se fera aux dépens des groupes les plus faibles. This will be at the expense of the weakest groups.
  Cela vaut pour leurs revenus, leurs pensions et leurs dépenses. That applies to their incomes, pensions and expenses.

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