[
  {
    "word": "expense",
    "phonetic": "/\u026ak\u02c8sp\u025bns/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u026ak\u02c8sp\u025bns/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/expense-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1648237",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Buying the car was a big expense, but will be worth it in the long run."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The elimination or consumption of something, sometimes with the notion of loss or damage to the thing eliminated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Jones reached the final at the expense of Smith, who couldn't beat him."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Loss.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "charge",
          "cost",
          "disbursement",
          "expenditure",
          "outlay",
          "payment"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To charge a cost against an expense account; to bill something to the company for which one works.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It should be acceptable to expense a business lunch with a client."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expense"
    ]
  }
]