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Stripped of these frills, the only real expense of a prison wedding is the officiant.

Mattson says the government bogarts this stuff, gathered at taxpayer expense, and maintains “a monopoly on the data.”

They even posted mundane administrative materials, including expense accounts and personnel memos.

As might be expected, this comes at the expense of narrative.

But the price of artistic freedom comes at the expense of professional protection.

He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?

Gourges fitted out three vessels and 150 soldiers at his own expense to revenge their death, and repair the honor of his nation.

I couldn't help laughing, and he made a great many jokes at the expense of the waiters and everybody else.

To meet this heavy expense the ministers had to devise all sorts of expedients to raise money.

Poor Hephzibah obeyed; she little suspected the heartless trick played at her expense.

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On this page you'll find 69 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to expense, such as: amount, budget, charge, consumption, debt, and expenditure.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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