| extravagant | | |
| adj. | 1. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweening | unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings.; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" |
| ~ unrestrained | not subject to restraint.; "unrestrained laughter" |
| adj. | 2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift | recklessly wasteful.; "prodigal in their expenditures" |
| ~ wasteful | tending to squander and waste. |
| expense | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. disbursal, disbursement, expense | amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures). |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ business expense, trade expense | ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in a taxpayer's business or trade. |
| ~ interest expense | interest paid on loans. |
| ~ lobbying expense | expenses incurred in promoting or evaluating legislation.; "many lobbying expenses are deductible by a taxpayer" |
| ~ medical expense | amount spent for diagnosis or treatment or prevention of medical problems. |
| ~ non-cash expense | an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash. |
| ~ moving expense | the cost of moving your residence from one location to another. |
| ~ budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead | the expense of maintaining property (e.g., paying property taxes and utilities and insurance); it does not include depreciation or the cost of financing or income taxes. |
| ~ personal expense | the cost of personal or family living.; "some personal expenses are tax deductible" |
| n. (event) | 2. expense | a detriment or sacrifice.; "at the expense of" |
| ~ detriment, hurt | a damage or loss. |
| n. (possession) | 3. expense | money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer.; "he kept a careful record of his expenses at the meeting" |
| ~ expenditure, outgo, outlay, spending | money paid out; an amount spent. |
| ~ incidental, incidental expense, minor expense | (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified.; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental expenses" |
| ~ travel expense | (frequently plural) expenses incurred by an employee in the performance of the job and usually reimbursed by the employer. |
| v. (change) | 4. expense, write down, write off | reduce the estimated value of something.; "For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer" |
| ~ depreciate | lower the value of something.; "The Fed depreciated the dollar once again" |
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