Expenses are money spent for work that the employer pays back. Claim expenses, on expenses, an expenses form.
Receipts are the whole of the system, and expenses policies exist because the alternative is arguments. Travel, accommodation and subsistence are the standard categories. In British politics, the parliamentary expenses scandal of 2009 made the word a byword for entitlement. Note expense as an uncountable noun meaning cost — at great expense; and at somebody's expense, meaning both paid by them and at their embarrassment.
1nounexpensesMoney spent for work that the employer pays back.
“The company paid my travel expenses for the conference, including the hotel.”
2nouncostsCosts generally.
“The whole thing was done at considerable expense.”
expenses is costs or repayments.
Practised in Work & Careers