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Noun expense has 3 senses

expense, disbursal, disbursement - amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
--₁ is a kind of cost
--₁ has particulars:
business expense, trade expense; interest expense; lobbying expense; medical expense; moving expense; operating expense, operating cost, overhead, budget items; personal expense
expense - a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of"
--₂ is a kind of detriment, hurt
expense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"
--₃ is a kind of outgo, expenditure, outlay
--₃ has particulars: incidental expense, incidental, minor expense; travel expense