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expense (‘cost, charge’ is the most freq. sense)
1. spending (of money), esp. extravagant expenditure Wiv. II. ii. 149, Lr. II. i. 102 “ and waste” (so Q2; Q1 “wast and spoyle”), Sonn. xciv. 6.
2. expenditure (of breath) LLL. V. ii. 522.
3. loss (of a possession) Sonn. xxx. 8.
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  • Cross-references in text-specific dictionaries from this page (3):
    • William Shakespeare, King Lear, 2.1
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, xciv
    • William Shakespeare, Sonnets, xxx
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