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1 expense
-s1) (the spending of money etc; cost: I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.) gasto2) (a cause of spending: What an expense clothes are!) motivo de gastoexpense n gastotr[ɪk'spens]1 gasto, desembolso1 gastos nombre masculino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat great expense to somebody costándole caro a alguien, pagándolo caro alguienat little expense to somebody costándole poco a alguienat no expense to somebody sin costarle nada a alguienat somebody's expense (with somebody paying) corriendo alguien con los gastos 2 (to make seem foolish) a costa de alguienat the expense of something figurative use a expensas de algo, a costa de algono expense spared sin escatimar gastos, sin parar en gastosto go to the expense of something/doing something gastar mucho dinero en algoto put somebody to the expense of something/doing something hacer que alguien gaste dinero en algoto spare no expense no escatimar gastoswith all expenses paid con todos los gastos pagadosexpense account cuenta de gastos de representación, dietas nombre femenino pluralexpense [ɪk'spɛnts, ɛk-] n1) cost: gasto m2) expenses npl: gastos mpl, expensas fpl3)at the expense of : a expensas den.• costa s.f.• coste s.m.• expensas s.f.pl.• gasto s.m.ɪk'spens1) u (cost, outlay) gasto mat 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
[ɪks'pens]to put something on expenses — cargar* algo a la cuenta de la compañía
1.N (=cost) gasto m, costo mexpenses gastos mpltravelling/repair expenses — gastos mpl de viaje/reparación
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with all expenses paid — con todos los gastos pagados•
at great expense — gastándose muchísimo dineroat the expense of — (fig) a costa de
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you needn't go to the expense of buying a new one — no es preciso que te gastes dinero en comprar uno nuevothey went to great expense to send her to a private school — se metieron en muchos gastos para mandarla a un colegio privado
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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 gastosbusiness 2.•
to be a great expense to sb — suponer a algn un gasto importante2.CPDexpense account N — cuenta f de gastos de representación
* * *[ɪk'spens]1) u (cost, outlay) gasto mat 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
to put something on expenses — cargar* algo a la cuenta de la compañía
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2 costa
costa sustantivo femenino 1 (Geog) ( del mar — área) coast; (— perfil) coastline; la costa atlántica the Atlantic coast 2 ( en locs)◊ a costa de: lo terminó a costa de muchos sacrificios he had to make a lot of sacrifices to finish it;a costa mía/de los demás at my/other people's expense; a toda costa at all costs 3
costa
I sustantivo femenino coast (litoral) coastline (playa) beach, seaside, US shore
II costas fpl Jur costs Locuciones: vive a nuestra costa, he lives off us
a costa de, at the expense of
a toda costa, at all costs, at any price ' costa' also found in these entries: Spanish: bañar - colón - Costa de Marfil - Costa Rica - costarricense - costarriqueña - costarriqueño - destellar - escollera - faro - flotante - lengua - notoria - notorio - accidentado - bordear - este - mar - muelle - norte - oeste - orillar - recorrer - relieve - sur - tico English: chase down - coast - coastline - cost - Costa Rica - Costa Rican - expense - flourishing - from - Ivory Coast - joke - offshore - price - process - regardless - scrounge - sea - seaboard - seaside - shore - some - sponge off - sponge on - yacht - allow - down - inshore - ivory - lie - live - off - right - Riviera
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