expense account

noun

1. 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

1. 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
2. a record of such expenses
3. informal.
   modifier paid for by an employer or by money allowable against tax

   an expense-account lunch

expense account

1. 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

First recorded in 1870–75

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.

From Digiday

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.

From Washington Post

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.

From Project Gutenberg

But what if Anderson sets fire to your piggery, or lightning strikes your granary,—how about the expense account then?

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Only news syndicates could stand the expense-account of a field man in Lunar City.

From Project Gutenberg

On her expense account is the item: "56 cents for four pounds of candles to light the courthouse."

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The balance of the yearly expense account with the sheet of receipt can be easily made.

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