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Expense

A spending or consuming; disbursement; expenditure.

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Cost 76% connected

A rib; a side; a region or coast.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Depreciate 76% connected

To lessen in price or estimated value; to lower the worth of; to represent as of little value or claim to esteem; to undervalue.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Detriment 76% connected

That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Expenditure 76% connected

The act of expending; a laying out, as of money; disbursement.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outgo 76% connected

To go beyond; to exceed in swiftness; to surpass; to outdo.

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Outlay 76% connected

To lay out; to spread out; to display.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spending 76% connected

of Spend

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Narrower term 1

Overhead 76% connected

Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.

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Synonym 1

Disbursement 92% connected

The act of disbursing or paying out.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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