♦ expense

♦ expense
♦ expense /ɪkˈspɛns/
n.
1 [cu] spesa, spese: Expenses will be charged to your account, le spese saranno addebitate al vostro conto; public expense, la spesa pubblica; travel (o travelling) expenses, spese di viaggio; at great expense, sostenendo una forte spesa; to go to the expense of, sobbarcarsi alla spesa di; to cover the expenses, coprire le spese; to incur heavy expenses, sostenere grandi spese; to reimburse expenses, rimborsare le spese; to put sb. to the expense of buying st., far sostenere a q. la spesa d'acquistare qc.; to spare no expense, non badare a spese; household expenses, spese sostenute per la casa; incidental expenses, spese occasionali (o impreviste); to meet an expense, sostenere una spesa
2 (al pl.) (leg.: in Scozia) spese processuali
expense account, conto spese; nota spese (da rimborsare): to be on an expense account, essere in trasferta con rimborso a piè di lista □ expense-account, (che va, che si può mettere) in conto spese; deducibile, detraibile □ expense account per diem, diaria □ (ass., fin.) expense ratio, indice (o coefficiente) di spesa □ expense voucher, giustificativo di spesa; pezza d'appoggio (fam.) □ all expenses paid, spesato di tutto; completamente spesato □ at sb.'s expense, (rag.) a carico di q.; (fig.) a spese di q., alle spalle di q.: Freight is at the importer's expense, il nolo è a carico dell'importatore; at the taxpayers' expense, a spese del contribuente; I've learnt it at my expense, l'ho imparato a mie spese; They're having fun at his expense, ridono alle sue spalle □ (fig.) at the expense of, a scapito di; a danno di: Motorists are reluctant to buy fuel economy at the expense of performance, gli automobilisti non vogliono sacrificare le prestazioni al risparmio di benzina □ at public expense, a spese dello Stato (o della comunità) □ to claim expenses, chiedere il rimborso spese □ to claim st. back on expenses, mettere qc. in conto spese.

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