·noun Loss.
II. Expense ·noun A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
III. Expense ·noun 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.
expensē, adv., v. expendo fin. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.