business expense

NOUN

ordinary cost of doing business

Synonyms

WEAK

nonremunerated business expenses out-of-pocket expenses overhead trade expense

Antonyms

WEAK

personal expense

Example Sentences

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Close to 40 states allow businesses to pay state taxes at the entity level — fully deductible as a business expense, with a credit flowing back to the owner personally.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

For Ade, it was not superstition but a business expense.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

A DWP spokesperson told The Times that DWP staff asked Accenture to calculate the costs of the conference as a DWP-related business expense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024

Prosecutors also alleged he improperly deducted the payments he made to secure his son’s admission as a business expense and charitable donation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023

It is a kind of regimen into which every man may put himself, without interruption to business, expense of money, or loss of time.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton