expense

expense
-s
noun
1) (the spending of money etc; cost: I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.) gasto
2) (a cause of spending: What an expense clothes are!) motivo de gasto
expense n gasto
I have a lot of expenses tengo muchos gastos
expense
tr[ɪk'spens]
noun
1 gasto, desembolso
plural noun expenses
1 gastos nombre masculino plural
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
at great expense to somebody costándole caro a alguien, pagándolo caro alguien
at little expense to somebody costándole poco a alguien
at no expense to somebody sin costarle nada a alguien
at somebody's expense (with somebody paying) corriendo alguien con los gastos 2 (to make seem foolish) a costa de alguien
at the expense of something figurative use a expensas de algo, a costa de algo
no expense spared sin escatimar gastos, sin parar en gastos
to go to the expense of something/doing something gastar mucho dinero en algo
to put somebody to the expense of something/doing something hacer que alguien gaste dinero en algo
to spare no expense no escatimar gastos
with all expenses paid con todos los gastos pagados
expense account cuenta de gastos de representación, dietas nombre femenino plural
expense [ɪk'spɛnts, ɛk-] n
1) cost: gasto m
2) expenses npl
: gastos mpl , expensas fpl
3)
at the expense of : a expensas de
expense
n.
costa s.f.
coste s.m.
expensas s.f.pl.
gasto s.m.
ɪk'spens
noun
1) u (cost, outlay) gasto m

to go to the expense of buying something — meterse en el gasto de comprar algo

at very little expense — por muy poco dinero

at the company's expense — a cargo or a cuenta de la compañía

they had a good laugh at my expense — se partieron de risa a costa mía or a mi costa

at the expense of something/somebody — a expensas de algo/alguien

2) expenses pl (Busn) (incidental costs) gastos mpl

all expenses paid — con todos los gastos pagados

to put something on expenses — cargar* algo a la cuenta de la compañía

[ɪks'pens]
1.
N (=cost) gasto m , costo m
expenses gastos mpl

travelling/repair expenses — gastos mpl de viaje/reparación

with all expenses paid — con todos los gastos pagados

at great expense — gastándose muchísimo dinero

at my expense — a cuenta mía

they thought they would have a joke at my expense — querían reírse a costa mía

at the expense of — (fig) a costa de

you needn't go to the expense of buying a new one — no es preciso que te gastes dinero en comprar uno nuevo

they went to great expense to send her to a private school — se metieron en muchos gastos para mandarla a un colegio privado

to meet the expense of — hacer frente a or correr con los gastos de

he apologized for putting us to so much expense — se disculpó por habernos ocasionado tantos gastos

regardless of expense — sin escatimar gastos

to be a great expense to sb — suponer a algn un gasto importante

business 2.
2.
CPD

expense account N — cuenta f de gastos de representación

* * *
[ɪk'spens]
noun
1) u (cost, outlay) gasto m

to go to the expense of buying something — meterse en el gasto de comprar algo

at very little expense — por muy poco dinero

at the company's expense — a cargo or a cuenta de la compañía

they had a good laugh at my expense — se partieron de risa a costa mía or a mi costa

at the expense of something/somebody — a expensas de algo/alguien

2) expenses pl (Busn) (incidental costs) gastos mpl

all expenses paid — con todos los gastos pagados

to put something on expenses — cargar* algo a la cuenta de la compañía


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