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expense account

 noun
     
Related topics: Conditions of Employment
expense account [countable]
BEC money that is available to someone who works for a company so that they can pay for meals, hotels etc when travelling or entertaining people for work:
I have an expense account and spend about £10,000 a year on entertaining.
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