Collocations withexpense
These are words often used in combination withexpense.
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added expense
In addition, it is clear that the additional information provided by careful examinations of gills for dactylogyrids (in roach) would justify the added expense.
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additional expense
Although a 2-stage repair requires additional expense and effort, this approach may prove to minimize mortality rates.
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administrative expense
However, existing risk adjustment schemes exclude administrative expense, a fact that discourages innovation of this type.
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allowable expense
The cost of normal clothing is not an allowable expense, and relief would not in general be available to professional people.
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burden of expense
Apart from the extra burden of expense that they place on an employer of whatever size, they are particularly harmful to smaller businesses.
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considerable expense
This finding leads to the conclusion that blood and its handling result in considerable expense to the healthcare system.
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enormous expense
Houses have been bulldozed that were built less than 20 years ago at enormous expense.
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expense allowance
He receives no expense allowance, but is of course repaid the expenditure necessarily incurred in connection with his official duties in accordance with normal arrangements.
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extra expense
It would mean extra expense and extra buildings.
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legal expense
He says that anyone who wishes to transfer will be put to serious legal expense.
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legitimate expense
It would seem that, if this can be claimed as a legitimate expense in certain areas it should be of universal application.
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medical expense
The inadequacy becomes more severe when medical expense is set at higher growth rates.
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needless expense
If they backed away, they risked playing into the hands of the new offices, which claimed that hiring an actuary was a needless expense.
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personal expense
It is easy to forget whether a personal expense was really an expense which could be lawfully set against income for tax purposes.
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substantial expense
Of course this means a substantial expense running into millions of euros but one cannot compromise with security measures.
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total expense
In summary, we have three outputs: afforestation area, reforestation area, and junior-forest tending area, and one input: total expense in silviculture.
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unnecessary expense
It will save dairymen and distributors unnecessary expense, and it will achieve the purpose intended.
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