单词
direct expense
释义
direct expensenoun[C]ACCOUNTINGuk
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→direct costCompareindirect expense(Definition ofdirect expensefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdirect expense
direct expenseHowever, changes to the diet may incur additionaldirectexpenseand required changing buying and cooking habits in order to sustain the changes.From theCambridge English CorpusMoreover, a significant number of voters might favour tax cuts at thedirectexpenseof investing in the country's youth - especially in countries with older populations.From theCambridge English CorpusThis is not so much a question ofdirectexpenseas one of delay, although the delay involves expense.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We are against choice for the more privileged being tax-funded at thedirectexpenseof the poorer in society.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0First, it has cost the nation adirectexpenseof 120,000,000l.FromProject GutenbergIn this particular instance release could only be effected at thedirectexpenseof necessary training.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0But it will be at thedirectexpenseof the less developed countries and opportunities they could have enjoyed.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That was another example of a sale of public assets at thedirectexpenseof the taxpayer.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The producers see the administrators' inflation-proof pensions and watch their functions multiply at thedirectexpenseof the producer.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Subsidise wealthy people at thedirectexpenseof others.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/direct-expense##
