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expense account
noun
- an account of business expenditures, as travel, hotel room, meals, and entertainment connected with work, for which an employee will be reimbursed by an employer.
expense account
noun
- an arrangement by which expenses incurred in the course of a person's work are refunded by his employer or deducted from his income for tax purposes
- a record of such expenses
- informal.modifier paid for by an employer or by money allowable against tax
an expense-account lunch
expense account
- An account or list of expenses incurred in doing business outside the office, part of which is a tax deduction . The term often applies to lunches or dinners at which business deals are made and clients entertained.
Word History and Origins
Origin of expense account1
Example Sentences
These high-end fliers, often traveling on someone else’s expense account, tend to prioritize convenience and comfort, and are more likely to splurge on last-minute tickets, non-refundable fares, non-stop flights and premium seating.
While you might expect that means some fantastic deals for leisure travelers, it’s more likely to mean the reverse, since travelers on an expense account often subsidize bargain-hunting tourists.
Up there a paper turns a man loose, with an unlimited expense account and all the time he needs, and tells him to go to it.
But what if Anderson sets fire to your piggery, or lightning strikes your granary,—how about the expense account then?
Only news syndicates could stand the expense-account of a field man in Lunar City.
On her expense account is the item: "56 cents for four pounds of candles to light the courthouse."
The balance of the yearly expense account with the sheet of receipt can be easily made.
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