経費|けいひkeihi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounexpenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
   私わたしたちは、経費けいひを切きりつめなければならない。↗

   We must cut down our expenses.

• Synonym費用ひようNeutralNeutral everyday word for money spent on something; 「経費」 is more specific, for the outlays of running a business or getting a job done.
• SynonymコストNeutralLoanword for cost, as in 「コスト削減」; leans business, whereas 「経費」 is the spending needed to run or do something.
• Synonym失費しっぴWrittenWritten word for spending or outlays; rare in modern usage.
• Related入り用いりようCasualColloquial noun for needed expenses or necessities; carries an old-fashioned flavour.
• Related入用にゅうようCasual「入用」 is simply another way of writing 「入り用」; the meaning is the same — needed expenses or necessities, old-fashioned in tone.
• Related費えついえWrittenWritten word for spending or outlays; very rare in modern usage.
• Antonym収入しゅうにゅうNeutralNeutral noun for income; the opposite of 「経費」, which is money paid out.

Use 「経費」 for the expenses of running or doing something, as in 「必要経費」 and 「経費で落とす」. For costs in general pick 「費用」, for cost in the business sense 「コスト」, and for necessary outlays 「入り用」. Income is 「収入」.

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