different between extense vs expense

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extensus.

Noun

extense (plural extenses)

1. (obsolete) extent; expanse
   • 1859, Thomas Lake Harris, The Herald of Light (volume 4, page 185)

     Nor canst thou cleave the crystal heaven
     To gather joys from thence;
     As fits thy life to thee is given
     The ocean's drear extense.

Adjective

extense (comparative more extense, superlative most extense)

1. (obsolete) Outreaching; expansive; extended, superficially or otherwise.

Usage notes

• May still be encountered in Indian English translations.

Latin

Participle

ext?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of ext?nsus

References

• extense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• extense in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• extense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Alternative forms

• expence (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English expense, from Anglo-Norman expense and Old French espense, from Late Latin exp?nsa, from Latin expend?. See expend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?sp?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

expense (countable and uncountable, plural expenses)

1. A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
2. The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.

3. (obsolete) Loss.

Synonyms

• (that which is expended): cost, charge, outlay, disbursement, expenditure, payment

Derived terms

• at the expense of
• expense account

Related terms

• expend
• expensive

Translations

Verb

expense (third-person singular simple present expenses, present participle expensing, simple past and past participle expensed)

1. (transitive) To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.

Derived terms

• expense magazine, (military): a small magazine containing ammunition for immediate use. - Henry Lee Scot Military Dictionary

Latin

Participle

exp?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of exp?nsus

References

• expense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• expense in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• expense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette