Ex‐pense″ (?), n. [L. expensa (sc. pecunia), or expensum, fr. expensus, p. p. of expendere. See Expend.] 1. A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.
Husband nature's riches from expense. Shak.
2. 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.
Courting popularity at his party's expense. Brougham.
3. Loss. Shak.
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight. Spenser.
Expense magazine(Mil.), a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. H. L. Scott.