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the receipt for living, filed under things you swear were necessary.
means The cost of something — the money or resources you part with to obtain, do, or maintain it.
from From Late Latin 'expensa,' meaning money paid out, the past participle of 'expendere' — 'ex-' (out) plus 'pendere' (to weigh or pay). The Romans literally weighed out coin, so to spend was to let it swing off the scale. It reached English through Old French 'espense,' and shares its root with 'pendulum' and 'pension' — all cousins in the family of things that hang in the balance.
- latin root
- expensa means money paid out, weighed literally
- business mantra
- every cost is a deduction until audited
- hidden champion
- the latte gets blamed for missing mortgages
- sneaky giant
- subscriptions drain wallets while nobody watches
manhattan project — us nuclear weapons program that cost $2 billion (1942-1945, equivalent to $30+ billion today)
interstate highway system — us infrastructure project that cost $500 billion over 50 years starting 1956
international space station — joint space program that cost $150 billion from 1998 to present across 15 nations