expense

expense
expense [ɪkˈspens]
1. noun
   a. ( = money spent) frais mpl
• regardless of expense quel qu'en soit le coût
• that will involve him in some expense cela lui occasionnera des frais
• at my expense à mes frais
• at public expense aux frais de l'État
• at little expense à peu de frais
• at great expense à grands frais
• to go to the expense of buying a car aller jusqu'à acheter une voiture
• to put sb to expense causer des dépenses à qn
• to put sb to great expense occasionner de grosses dépenses à qn
• to go to great expense on sb's account engager de grosses dépenses pour qn
• to live at other people's expense vivre à la charge des autres
   b. ( = disadvantage) at the expense of [+ person, one's health, happiness] au détriment de
• to have a good laugh at sb's expense bien rire aux dépens de qn
• to get rich at other people's expense s'enrichir aux dépens d'autrui
2. plural noun
expenses frais mpl
• he gets all his expenses paid il se fait rembourser tous ses frais
• on expenses sur note de frais
3. compounds
► expense account noun frais mpl de représentation
• this will go on his expense account cela passera sur sa note de frais
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[ɪk'spens] 1.
noun
1) (cost) frais mpl

at one's own expense — à ses propres frais

to go to some expense — faire des frais

to go to great expense — dépenser beaucoup d'argent (to do pour faire)

to put somebody to expense — faire faire des frais à quelqu'un

to spare no expense — ne pas regarder à la dépense

2) (cause for expenditure) dépense f

a wedding is a big expense — un mariage revient cher

3)

at the expense of — (prejudicing something) au détriment de [health, public, safety]

at somebody's expense — [laugh, joke] aux dépens de quelqu'un

2.
expenses plural noun Commerce frais mpl

to cover somebody's expenses — [sum] couvrir les frais de quelqu'un

all expenses paid — tous frais payés


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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