expense

expense /Çk'spens/ n

၁။ (က) [U] အကုန်အကျ။ စရိတ်။ the expense of time, energy and cash ❍ He hired a plane, regardless of expense. ❍ Most children in Britain are educated at public expense. ❍ The garden was transformed at great/ considerable/ vast expense. ❍ She spared no expense (ie spent as much money as was needed) to make the party a success. (ခ) [C usu sing ] ငွေကုန်ပေါက်။ ငွေယိုပေါက်။ Running a car is a big expense.
၂။ expenses [pl] စရိတ်စက။ အကုန်အကျ။ travelling expenses ❍ House repairs, new furniture and other expenses reduced her bank balance to almost nothing. ❍ Who's meeting (ie paying for) the expenses of your trip? ❍ She's just returned from an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden (ie paid for by her employer).
❏ at sb's expense [IDM ]
၁။ အကုန်အကျခံလျက်။ We were entertained at the company's expense.
၂။ ရယ်သွမ်း သွေးလျက်။ ရယ်စရာလုပ်လျက်။ They had a good laugh at Sam's expense.
❏ at the expense of sth [IDM ] အဆုံးရှုံး အနစ်နာခံလျက်။ အထိခိုက်ခံလျက်။ He build up a successful business but at the expense of his health.
❏ expense account n လုပ်ငန်းသုံးငွေစာရင်း။ Whenever he entertains clients, he puts it on/ charges it to his expense account.
❏ go to/ put sb to the expense of sth/ doing sth, go to/ put sb to a lot of, etc expense [IDM ] ငွေကုန်ကြေးကျခံ သည်။ ကုန်ကျသည်။ It's stupid to go to the expense of taking music lessons if you never practise. ❍ Their visit has put us to a great deal of expense.
❏ no expense(s) spared [IDM ] ကုန်ချင်ကုန်ပါစေ။ ကုန်စမ်း ပါစေ။ I'm going to take you out to dinner, no expense spared.