[{"word":"expenses","phonetic":"/ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ɪkˈspɛnsɪz/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/expenses-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1684607","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run."},{"definition":"The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him."},{"definition":"Loss.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["charge","cost","disbursement","expenditure","outlay","payment"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expense","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expenses"]}]