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at someone's expense
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paid for by a particular person:
The road was paved three years ago, partly at residents' expense.
The new stadium was built largely at taxpayers' expense.
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expense
I pay them by the hour, and I don't see why they should be sitting around doing nothing at my expense.
We went on holiday at my father's expense.
The court ordered the matter to be resolved before a private judge at the parties' expense.
Businesses must provide helmets, at the business owners' expense, to employees who use bicycles as part of their work.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Costs & expenses
admission charge
aliment
all in
at cost
at the cost of something/doing something
bank charges
overrun
palimony
price point
pricing
punchy
redress
remittance
reserve
RPI
spend
transfer fee
tune
upkeep
whack
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