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expense

[ik-spens] / ɪkˈspɛns /


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The payoff is less certain when college expenses are rising and artificial intelligence threatens to upend many professions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Airlines are raising fares, adding baggage fees and dialing back routes as they try to cover the skyrocketing costs of jet fuel, which is among the biggest expenses that airlines face.

From The Wall Street Journal

Doing this made it easy to identify which expenses we could cut and the ones we couldn’t touch.

From MarketWatch

Higher rates make yield-bearing assets like Treasury bonds more attractive at the expense of gold.

From Barron's

When Lindbergh asked how much money and time he would need to complete his work, Goddard replied that about $25,000 a year for four years would cover all expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal