Costly vs Expense - What's the difference?
costly | expense |
Of high cost; expensive.
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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 costly
is of high cost; expensive.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.costly
English
Adjective
(er)- a costly activity
- a costly error
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Antonyms
* costlesslyAnagrams
*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 couldnĀ“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.