expense account
noun
: an account of expenses reimbursable to an employee
also
: the right of charging expenses to such an account
Examples of expense account in a Sentence
He charged dinner to his expense account.
She put the tickets on her expense account.
Recent Examples on the Web
Job one will be winning back members who quit in recent years over bad headlines about NRA mismanagement and extravagant expense accounts.
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
The tipster was in possession of a small red hard drive containing thousands of documents that revealed widespread abuse by legislators of their parliamentary expense accounts.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024
In 1924, Hopewell Rogers, in charge of increasing efficiency in the paper's business office, decided to involve himself in expense accounts.
—Peter Osnos, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
The unit oversees several expense accounts, according to the manual.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
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Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
The tipster was in possession of a small red hard drive containing thousands of documents that revealed widespread abuse by legislators of their parliamentary expense accounts.
—Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 4 June 2024
In 1924, Hopewell Rogers, in charge of increasing efficiency in the paper's business office, decided to involve himself in expense accounts.
—Peter Osnos, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
The unit oversees several expense accounts, according to the manual.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for expense account
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“Expense account.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expense%20account. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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