Expense vs Savings - What's the difference?
expense | savings |
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.
That which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
English plurals
As nouns the difference between expense and savings
is that expense is a spending or consuming. Often specifically an act of disbursing or spending funds while savings is that which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.As a verb expense
is to charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.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.
Derived terms
* expense magazine, (Military):'' a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. - Henry Lee Scot ''Military Dictionary ----savings
English
Noun
(-)- The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
