How to Use expense account in a Sentence

expense account

noun
  • She put the tickets on her expense account.
  • He charged dinner to his expense account.
  • Not covered by the bill, an expense account that pays lawmakers for travel to and from the State House.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Company perks or expense accounts ?
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This is the kind of hotel where local socialites gather, and in-the-know business guests on an expense account intermingle.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Ward expense accounts have been a touchy area for mayoral administrations to encroach on in times of austerity.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Both were also convicted of stealing relatively small amounts by padding their union expense accounts.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In turn, Welk lost his monthly salary of $35,303, expense account and bonus, along with his health benefits.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Business travel can look glamorous from the outside, with perks like airport lounge access, expense accounts, and the ability to rack up points and earn status.
    — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
  • There were plenty of exceptions to the rule, but airlines largely viewed, and marketed, their business class seats to people who were traveling on an expense account.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Set the scene Here in Jardins, São Paolo’s expense account types and international jet-setters cross paths.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • While working as a brand ambassador, where drinking is often an unspoken part of the job with an expense account to go along with it, Canchola began questioning his career choice.
    — Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • For everyone else, including this freelance journalist without an expense account, the approach is more like a military-level obstacle course designed to test your cunning and will.
    — Jada Yuan, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • Other businesses that depend on Hollywood activity and expense accounts, like restaurants, hotels and dry cleaners, also suffered.
    — Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Her ward office employs two part-time staffers who will be affected, incurring a $30,000 withdrawal from her aldermanic expense account, her notice to her colleagues said.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Krueger said starting in 2024, aldermanic offices saw their staff budget go up from three to four full-time employees, and all payroll costs were moved from ward expense accounts to their aldermanic personnel allowances.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The system is still embroiled in the scandal over its departing chancellor, Terrence Cheng, who last year was abusing his expense account despite his annual compensation of nearly $500,000.
    — Chris Powell, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The board approved a motion to negotiate a contract with an annual salary of $381,000 with Suddick, with coverage of moving expenses, allowances for annuity and a vehicle and expense accounts.
    — Brooklyn Draisey, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Maria Hadden, 49th, on Wednesday wrote an email to her colleagues contending the mayor’s office wants contributions to certain aldermanic staffers’ pensions to come out of their ward expense accounts, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Tribune.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026

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