expense account

An account of expenses for repayment to an employee.

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expense account

1. (Accounting & Book-keeping) 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. (Accounting & Book-keeping) a record of such expenses

3. (Accounting & Book-keeping) (modifier) informal paid for by an employer or by money allowable against tax: an expense-account lunch.

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expense′ account`

an account of business expenditures for which an employee will be reimbursed.

[1870–75]

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Noun

expense account - an account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses

travel and entertainment account

account statement, accounting, account - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance; "they send me an accounting every month"

Translations

conto spese

expense account

n → conto m spese inv

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