Expense and Investment

Expense

Expense noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.

Show all Definitions

Investment and expense are semantically related in cost topic. In some cases you can use "Investment" instead a noun "Expense".

Nearby Words: expend, expensive, expensively, expensed, expensing

Investment noun - The cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies.

Show all Definitions

Expense and investment are semantically related in something given topic. Sometimes you can use "Expense" instead a noun "Investment".

Nearby Words: invest, invested, investing

emotional	emotional expense	emotional investment
high	high expense	high investment
considerable	considerable expense	considerable investment
reasonable	reasonable expense	reasonable investment
Other adjectives: sheer, obscene, small, massive, large, big, extreme, enormous, huge, personal, major, minimal, additional, significant, tremendous, greater, one-time, monetary.

The property was sold "cheap" being considered a bad investment; the castle officially condemned and the grounds too unkempt to be worth the expense and hassle of restoration or clearing.

Source: Big Fancy House
The history of military aviation is a story of massive investment, expense, and rapid design change closely coupled with human excellence and violence (and bravery) and as a result has been an abundant source of material for almost every kind of narrative media.

Source: Useful Notes / Plane Spotting

Cite this Source

Investment and Expense. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expense/investment

Expense & Investment. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expense/investment>.

Investment or Expense. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expense/investment.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "expense" and "investment" have occurred on timeline