Meanings
plural expense accounts
- A bank account which employees may make withdrawals from for work-related purposes.
- An arrangement whereby an employee is reimbursed for work-related expenses.
On its recent experience with meal price increases, the BRB considers that the fresh surcharge will not prove a deterrent to present patrons, many of whom are travelling on expense accounts; [...].
1964 May, “News and Comment: BR meal prices up again”, in Modern Railways, page 293
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 費用賬戶 /费用账户, 費用賬戶 /费用账户
- 費用賬戶 /费用账户 (fèiyòng zhànghù)bank account
- 費用賬戶 /费用账户 (fèiyòng zhànghù)arrangement
Finnish edustustili, kulukorvaus
- edustustilibank account
- kulukorvausarrangement
Polish fundusz reprezentacyjny, fundusz reprezentacyjny
- fundusz reprezentacyjnybank account
- fundusz reprezentacyjnyarrangement
Cite this entry
expense account. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expense%20account
“expense account.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expense%20account. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expense account,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expense%20account.
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