2. That which is expended or paid out; expense. The receipts and expenditures of this extensive country. A. Hamilton.
EXPENSE Ex*pense", n. Etym: [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.]
1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure. Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak.
2. That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; — sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time. Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.
3. Loss. [Obs.] Shak.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser.
Expense magazine (Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for
immediate use. H. L. Scott.
EXPENSEFULL
Ex*pense"full, a.
Defn: Full of expense; costly; chargeable. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
— Ex*pense"ful*ly, adv. [R.] — Ex*pense"ful*ness, n. [R.]
EXPENSELESS
Ex*pense"less, a.
Defn: Without cost or expense.
EXPENSIVE
Ex*pen"sive, a.