expense: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 16 letter points · starts with E · ends with E
Meaning of expense
noun
- countable, uncountable
A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
Example: She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
- countable, uncountable
The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.
Example: Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Loss.
Listed forms: expenses, expence.
Source: Wiktionary — expense.
verb
- transitive
To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
Example: It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.
Listed forms: expenses, expensing, expensed, expence.
Source: Wiktionary — expense.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for expense.
noun
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
verb
reduce the estimated value of something
- write off
- write down
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is expense in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of expense
E(1) + X(8) + P(3) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 16 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of expense
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from expense
23 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in expense. Showing up to 24, longest first.