Asset vs Expense - What's the difference?
asset | expense |
Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
(espionage) intelligence asset
A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.
* , Sonnet 44:
That which is expended, laid out, or consumed. Sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls.
(obsolete) Loss.
* , Sonnet 30:
To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
As nouns the difference between asset and expense
is that asset is while expense is a spending or consuming often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.As a verb expense is
to charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.asset
English
(wikipedia asset)Noun
(en noun)- These shares are a valuable asset .
Antonyms
* liabilityDerived terms
() * capital asset * current asset * fixed asset * tangible asset * intangible asset * physical asset * financial asset * asset class * intelligence assetAnagrams
* * * * * * (l) ----expense
English
Noun
(wikipedia expense) (en noun)- She went to great expense to ensure her children would get the best education.
- Buying the car was a big expense , but will be worth it in the long run.
- We had a training weekend in New York, at the expense of our company.
- Husband nature's riches from expense .
- Jones reached the final at the expense of Jones, who couldn´t beat him.
- And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
Synonyms
* (that which is expended) cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, paymentDerived terms
* expense accountVerb
- It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client.