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
Atkey['ætki]
Natalia[nə'tæljə]
Xia-Chinese
LindaLIN-də (English), LIN-dah (German), LEEN-dah (Italian, Finnish)English, Dutch, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, French, Latvian, Finnish, Hu
Dimitrios-Greek
Lakshman-Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Marathi