expense
/ɪkˈspɛns/ noun B1- A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. · 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.
- The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated. · Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him.
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The housekeeper came forward, and told them it was the picture of a young gentleman, the son of her late master’s steward, who had been brought up by him at his own expense.
At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh.
One day he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and that their housekeeping expenses would be lessened.
I have no wish ever to score at their expense.
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