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. [Obs.] 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.