at (one's) expense



at (one's) expense

1. One's financial responsibility. Once I learned that the trip was at my expense, I decided not to go.
2. To one's detriment or disadvantage. I was furious when I heard the other kids telling jokes at my little brother's expense.
See also: expense

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Reginarə-JEEN-ə (English), rə-GEEN-ə (English), rə-JIEN-ə (English), re-GEE-nah (German, Polish), re-JEE-nah (Italian), RE-gee-naw (Hungarian)English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Norweg
Arnau-Catalan
MeinradMIEN-raht (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Iphigenia-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
JoeJOEnglish
Cummins['kʌminz]