Definition of expenses

"expenses" in the noun sense

1. expense, disbursal, disbursement

amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)

2. expense

a detriment or sacrifice

"at the expense of"

3. expense

money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer

"he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting"

"expenses" in the verb sense

1. expense, write off, write down

reduce the estimated value of something

"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

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Quotations for expenses

Expense of time is the most costly of all expenses. [ Theophrastus ]

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. [ Benjamin Franklin ]

He is rich whose income is more than his expenses; and he is poor whose expenses exceed his income. [ Bruyere ]

The character of covetousness is what a man generally acquires more through some niggardliness or ill grace in little and inconsiderable things, than in expenses of any consequence. [ Pope ]

Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality. [ William Penn ]

expenses in Scrabble®

The word expenses is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters expenses:

EXPENSES
(162)
EXPENSES
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

expense

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word expenses

EXPENSES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In expenses

EXPENSES
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EXPENSE
(122 = 72 + 50)
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(114 = 64 + 50)
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expenses in Words With Friends™

The word expenses is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters expenses:

EXPENSE
(143 = 108 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

expense

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word expenses

EXPENSES
(138)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In expenses

EXPENSE
(143 = 108 + 35)
EXPENSES
(138)
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(137 = 102 + 35)
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(126)
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(119 = 84 + 35)
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Words within the letters of expenses

2 letter words in expenses (3 words)

3 letter words in expenses (5 words)

4 letter words in expenses (5 words)

5 letter words in expenses (3 words)

7 letter words in expenses (1 word)

8 letter words in expenses (1 word)

expenses + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence expenses

Words that start with expenses (1 word)

Words with expenses in them (1 word)

Words that end with expenses (2 words)

Word Growth involving expenses

Shorter words in expenses

ex expense

en ens pens expense

en pen pens expense

pe pen pens expense

Longer words containing expenses

nonexpenses