Available vs Expense - What's the difference?
available | expense |
Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
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(legal) Valid.
(archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
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Not in a romantic relationship; single.
A spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds.
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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.
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To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.
As an adjective available
is such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.As a noun 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.available
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.}}
- We have an available candidate.
- The list shows the available products in the store.
- This is an available plea.
- I asked her if she was available but she said she had a boyfriend.
Synonyms
* (such as can be availed of) usable, profitable, advantageous; vacant (of a location) * (legally valid) effectual, validAntonyms
* (such as can be availed of) unavailableexpense
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.
