- 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 - expense - money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"