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expense

[ik-spens] / ɪkˈspɛns /


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Expense ratios are shown in the rightmost column.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

YTD total return: 38% Yield: 3% Assets under management: $502 million Expense ratio: 0.61%

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

Expense is a reason, Nurse said, but so is the lack of role models for children of color.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2022

Expense growth will also accelerate in the second half of 2022 but remain in the low-single-digit range, and mortgage growth will slow but stay in the high-single digits, Scotiabank executives said.

From Reuters • May 25, 2022

At the next audit of the Bondavara Company's accounts presented to the shareholders there appeared under the heading of expenditure this remarkable entry: "Expense of foundations, forty thousand gulden."

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór




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