| 词汇 | direct-expense |
| 释义 | direct expense noun[ C ] ACCOUNTINGukus → direct cost Compare indirect expense Examples of direct expensedirect expense However, changes to the diet may incur additional directexpense and required changing buying and cooking habits in order to sustain the changes. Moreover, a significant number of voters might favour tax cuts at the directexpense of investing in the country's youth - especially in countries with older populations. This is not so much a question of directexpense as one of delay, although the delay involves expense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are against choice for the more privileged being tax-funded at the directexpense of the poorer in society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, it has cost the nation a directexpense of 120,000,000l. From Project Gutenberg In this particular instance release could only be effected at the directexpense of necessary training. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But it will be at the directexpense of the less developed countries and opportunities they could have enjoyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That was another example of a sale of public assets at the directexpense of the taxpayer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The producers see the administrators' inflation-proof pensions and watch their functions multiply at the directexpense of the producer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Subsidise wealthy people at the directexpense of others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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