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• put somebody to the expense of something doing something — put sb to the expense of sth/of doing sth | put sb to a lot of, etc. expense idiom to make sb spend money on sth • Their visit put us to a lot of expense. Main entry: ↑expenseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• put somebody to the expense of of doing something — put sb to the expense of sth/of doing sth | put sb to a lot of, etc. expense idiom to make sb spend money on sth • Their visit put us to a lot of expense. Main entry: ↑expenseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• put somebody to a lot of expense — put sb to the expense of sth/of doing sth | put sb to a lot of, etc. expense idiom to make sb spend money on sth • Their visit put us to a lot of expense. Main entry: ↑expenseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• expense account — ➔ account1 * * * expense account UK US noun [C] HR, ACCOUNTING ► an arrangement in which your employer pays for the things you need to buy while doing your job: »I can put this lunch on my expense account. »expense account fraud …   Financial and business terms

• put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• expense account — expense accounts N COUNT An expense account is an arrangement between an employer and an employee which allows the employee to spend the company s money on things relating to their job, for example travelling or looking after clients. He put… …   English dictionary

• expense — I UK [ɪkˈspens] / US noun Word forms expense : singular expense plural expenses *** 1) [countable] UK [ɪkˈspens] / US an amount of money that you spend in order to buy or do something Rent is our biggest expense. You can claim part of your… …   English dictionary

• expense — noun 1 cost/money spent on sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, great, huge, significant, vast ▪ added, additional, extra …   Collocations dictionary

• expense — ex|pense [ ık spens ] noun *** 1. ) count an amount of money you spend in order to buy or do something: Rent is our biggest expense. You can claim part of your telephone bill as a business expense. traveling/medical/legal expenses a factory s… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• expense — n. 1) to incur, run up an expense 2) to go to great expense; to spare no expense; to put smb. to great expense 3) to curb, curtail, cut down (on), reduce expenses 4) to spare no expense 5) to defray expenses 6) to reimburse expenses 7) to share… …   Combinatory dictionary

• put — I adv. (colloq.) remaining in one place to stay put II v. 1) (B) ( to pose ) to put a question to smb. 2) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put before (to put a proposal before a committee) 3) (d; tr.) ( to place ) to put in; into (to put milk in/into the …   Combinatory dictionary