1. (n.) Cost; use of money, resources or time\; spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

2. (n.) That which is expended, laid out, or consumed; cost; outlay; charge; -- sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to those on whom the expense falls; as, the expenses of war; an expense of time.

3. (n.) Loss.

amount bereavement budget budget items burden of expenditure carrying charge charge charges cost cost of living cost-of-living allowance cost-of-living index costs damage dead loss debit decrement denial denudation deprivation despoilment destruction detriment direct costs disbursals disbursement dispossession distributed costs divestment expenditure expense account expenses fee figure forfeit forfeiture general expenses impairment indirect costs injury labor costs liabilities loser losing losing streak loss material costs operating costs operating expense outgoings outlay overhead payment perdition price price tag prime cost privation rate replacement cost robbery ruin sacrifice score spending spoliation stripping swindle sheet tab taking away toll total loss unit cost