expense account

English

Noun

expense account (plural expense accounts)

1. A bank account which employees may make withdrawals from for work-related purposes.
2. An arrangement whereby an employee is reimbursed for work-related expenses.
   • 1964 May, “News and Comment: BR meal prices up again”, in Modern Railways, page 293:

     On its recent experience with meal price increases, the BRB considers that the fresh surcharge will not prove a deterrent to present patrons, many of whom are travelling on expense accounts; [...].

Coordinate terms

• FSA, flex account

Translations

bank account

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費用賬戶／费用账户 (fèiyòng zhànghù)

• Finnish: edustustili
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

arrangement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 費用賬戶／费用账户 (fèiyòng zhànghù)

• Finnish: kulukorvaus
• Russian: please add this translation if you can