Under the new system, women would receive a fixed sum of £750 and be able to claim excessive expenses.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And they have allowed greedy bankers to crash the economy and politicians to rob the country by claimingexpenses for any item they pleased.
The Sun (2009)
She managed to claimexpenses on three different properties in one year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Definition of 'expense'
expense
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plural noun [oft poss NOUN]
Expenses are amounts of money that you spend while doing something in the course of your work, which will be paid back to youafterwards.
[business]
Definition of 'claim'
claim
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verb
If you claim money from the government, an insurance company, or another organization, you officially apply to them for it, because you think you are entitled to it according to their rules.