expences

n.<废>消费
常用释义
n. <废>消费；开支，费用（expence 的复数）

例句

Colonel Forster believed that more than a thousand pounds would be necessary to clear his expences at Brighton.

弗斯脱上校以为，要清偿他在白利屯的债务，需要有一千多英镑才够。

Beware of little Expences, a small Leak will sink a great ship.

注意小笔开支，小漏将会沈大船。

that's true. but living expences are also higher in big cities.

是这样的，但是生活费也更高。