n. 费用, 代价, 开支, 损失【经】 费用, 开支, 将支出转为费用相关词组: go to the expense of... put sb to expense at sb's expense have a laugh at sb's expense
◆记忆方法一：
expense (考频：3)
【记】词根记忆：[ex-(=out)+pense(支付)]
n.花费，消费，费用：Most children in Great Britain are educated at the public expense.在英国，大多数孩子的教育费用由公众负担。
【记】归类记忆：
普通用语 正式用语
［动］spend ［动］expend
［名］expense ［名］expenditure
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cost,charge,expense,price的区别
cost意思是费用，成本。包括对某事所付出的一切费用及时间、劳动等。
charge指给予服务后索要的“费用”。
expense常用复数形式，多指大量的“花费，支出”，如求学、旅游、战争等所需要的“开销”。
price指价格，即商品出售时所定的“价格”，还有“代价”的意思。
请看下面的例句：
1、The company has made heroic efforts at cost reduction.
公司在降低成本方面付出了艰苦卓绝的努力。
2、Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent...
成本降低了30%到50%。
3、Customers who arrange overdrafts will face a monthly charge of ￡5.
透支的客户每月要缴纳5英镑的费用。
cheap/cheat/expensive/expense/spend/compensate/compensation
记忆：
1. cheap P 音“便” adj. 便宜的 Do you think cheaper goods are more worth buying? 你认为东西越便宜越值得买吗？
2. cheat 音“欺的”欺骗的，n. & v. 欺骗，骗子 No cheat can cheat all his life. 骗子骗得了一时，骗不了一生。
3. spend [ spend ] 词根pens, pend 表示“use up”， vt. 花。 I used to spend a lot of time on games.我曾经在玩游戏方面画了大量的时间。 注意：spend time in doing something. spend time/money on something
4. ex-， 出去；expense n. 花出去的钱，开支，支出 How can we reduce the expense? 我们怎样才能减少开支？
5. 加形容词后缀-ive, expensive adj. 花钱的，昂贵的，高档的 The goods in an expensive shop are more expensive than in other places. 在高档商店里的东西要比其他地方的东西贵。
6. compensate com-pens-ate ， v. 偿还, 补偿 Nothing can compensate for the loss of time. 什么也补偿不了失去的时间。
7. compensation n. 补偿, 赔偿 They were not satisfied with the compensation the company had offered.他们对公司提出的补偿方案不满意。
另类阅读：
What an expense! He cheated you by selling a cheap chip like an expensive one. And nothing can compensate for your loss.
expense 和 expenditure 的区别：
expenditure 正式用语，多用在如 “政府开支， 国防开支 〞等正式词语中。
expense 普通用语，但也可以做正式书面语。
例句： Expense allowances are apt to mean fiddling .
开销津贴容易造成弄虚作假。
John took a round-the-world trip at his own expense .
约翰自费进行了环球旅行。
Have you even pay out expense for compunction?
你曾经为后悔而付出代价吗？
He spared no expense to buy the big house.
他不惜花费巨资购买这座大房子。
expense 和 expenditure 的区别：
expenditure 正式用语，多用在如 “政府开支， 国防开支 〞等正式词语中。
expense 普通用语，但也可以做正式书面语。
例句： Expense allowances are apt to mean fiddling .
开销津贴容易造成弄虚作假。
※Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. 浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。
