dépense

Inherited from Middle French despense, from Late Latin dīspēnsa, feminine past participle of dīspendō, from Latin dis- + pendō.

• IPA^(key): /de.pɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

dépense f (plural dépenses)

1. expense
2. expenditure
3. spending

dépense

1. inflection of dépenser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “dépense”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.