noun · neutral
expense
/ɪkˈspens/ex·PENSE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
money that is spent on something
Examples
“Rent and food are the biggest monthly expenses for many students.”
“The company covered my travel expenses.”
“We need to reduce unnecessary expenses if we want to save.”
Band 8 sentence
“By carefully monitoring monthly expenses, she found several areas where she could cut back without sacrificing quality of life.”
Collocations
- living expenses
- travel expenses
- claim expenses
Word family
expense nounexpenses noun (plural)
Common mistakes
I have much expenses→I have many expenses
spend money about something→spend money on something
Say it for a higher band
5cost→6spending→7+expense
Synonyms
cost
Easily confused
cost
“The cost of repairing my phone was higher than I expected.”
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