Custody vs Expense - What's the difference?
custody | expense | Related terms |
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
The state of being imprisoned or detained, usually pending a trial.
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.
Custody is a related term of expense.
As nouns the difference between custody and expense
is that custody is the legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children 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.custody
English
Noun
(wikipedia custody) (-)- The court awarded custody to the child's father.
- I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
- He was mistreated while in police custody .
Derived terms
* joint custody * maternal custody * paternal custody * protective custody * sole custodyExternal links
* * *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.
