Expense and Total

Expense

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

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Total and expense are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Total" instead a noun "Expense".

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

Total noun - A complete amount of something.

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Expense and total are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expense" instead a noun "Total".

Nearby Words: totaled, tot, totality, totaling, totalled

high	high expense	high total
considerable	considerable expense	considerable total
small	small expense	small total
actual	actual expense	actual total
Other adjectives: massive, large, big, increased, potential, possible, negative, extra, ridiculous, available, overall.

Bill Cosby had his Razzie made from marble and gold at the studio's expense when he "won" for Leonard Part 6 (the awards are typically made from materials that are worth less than five dollars in total).

Source: Medal of Dishonor
To me he is a total jackass who makes off on the expense of others.

Source: Fan Fic / Total Drama Luxury Tour
Taken together with the small size and similar expense and difficult of producing ground and naval forces, this means that the outcome of modern-day non-Total War is less certain than ever before.

Source: Useful Notes / Plane Spotting

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