expense
Definitions
Noun
- Amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
- A detriment or sacrifice
- Money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer
Verb
- Reduce the estimated value of something
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "expense".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "expense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expanse | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | emergence | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | defeasance | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | ensconce | 2 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "expense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expressed | 2 | 75 |
| 2 | expenses | 3 | 47 |
| 3 | expensive | 3 | 44 |
| 4 | extensive | 3 | 44 |
| 5 | expended | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | expresses | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | expose | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | inexpensive | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | expanse | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | expertise | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | exponents | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | expend | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | expansive | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | pense | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | expanses | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | expensively | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | rexene | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | penske | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | expensing | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | xene | 1 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "expense" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expense of | 1 | 3 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "expense" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the expense | 1 | 6 |
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "expense" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | long | 1 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "expense".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expanse | 2 | 5 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 4
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 1
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 1
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
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Mar 14, 2026 HELLO! Magazine
Mar 14, 2026 HELLO! Magazine