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# expenses — English to French

How English *expenses* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: expenses (43 068). By style: everyday 50 · literary 4 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 875 · legal and administrative 7 557 · UN documents 34 579.

## dépenses

Used about 19 857 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 255 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 991 · UN documents ≈ 16 569).

- He calculated the **expenses**.
  Il a calculé les **dépenses**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#297206](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297206) [\#4696126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4696126))

- Those are **expenses** which I do not begrudge.
  Voilà des **dépenses** où je ne regarde pas.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7423)

- These **expenses** are not just for one year, they are ongoing **expenses**.
  Ces **dépenses** ne sont pas annuelles, elles sont durables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2018995)

- unnecessary or ill-considered **expenses**.
  les **dépenses** inutiles ou inconsidérées.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1612054)

- of the **expenses** of the United Nations
  des **dépenses** de l &apos; Organisation des Nations Unies
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8519957)

## frais

Used about 11 643 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 401 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 306 · UN documents ≈ 7 924).

- We'll pay all your **expenses**.
  Nous paierons tous vos **frais**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#10976245](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10976245) [\#10995159](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10995159))

- “This enters into my general **expenses**.”
  Cela entre dans les **frais** généraux!»
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1681)

- with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the **expenses** be given out of the king’s house.
  trois rangées de pierres de taille et une rangée de bois neuf. Les **frais** seront payés par la maison du roi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 6:4)

- As for travel **expenses**, it is high time we solved that problem.
  Quant aux **frais** de déplacement, il faut enfin résoudre le problème.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1923480)

- SALARIES, TRAVEL AND MOVING **EXPENSES**
  SALAIRES, **FRAIS** DE DÉPLACEMENT ET DE DÉMÉNAGEMENT
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4796258)

## charges

Used about 2 404 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18 · legal and administrative ≈ 945 · UN documents ≈ 1 441).

- In Romania, for example, the government is cutting pensions and salaries instead of reducing bureaucratic **expenses** or money for political clients.
  En Roumanie, par exemple, le gouvernement diminue les retraites et les salaires au lieu de réduire les **charges** administratives ou les fonds octroyés aux clients politiques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1391218)

- Staff **expenses** by type of benefits
  **Charges** de personnel par type de prestations
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 5168889)

- Fund balances represent the accumulated residual of revenue and **expenses**.
  Le solde des fonds est le solde cumulé des produits et des **charges**.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 26573284)

- Related parties: **expenses** and income generated by transactions with (31.2)
  Parties liées: **charges** et produits résultant de transactions avec (31.2)
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 4365812)

- Non-budgeted accrued **expenses** for end-of-service and post-retirement benefitsc
  **Charges** à payer non budgétisées au titre des prestations dues
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18185410)

## couvrir

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- One hundred dollars will cover all your **expenses** for the trip.
  Cent dollars devraient **couvrir** tous les coûts du voyage.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and rbbrbb · checked, community translation · [\#73491](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73491) [\#3655500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3655500))

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- He goes all-out on **expenses**.
  Il ne lésine pas sur les moyens.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by zogwarg and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#14018950](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14018950) [\#9995144](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9995144))

- He doesn't skimp on the **expenses**.
  Il ne lésine pas sur la dépense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Blabla · checked, community translation · [\#11694779](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11694779) [\#2931578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2931578))

- Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their **expenses** for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.
  prends-les avec toi, purifie-toi avec eux, et pourvois à leur dépense, afin qu’ils se rasent la tête. Et ainsi tous sauront que ce qu’ils ont entendu dire sur ton compte est faux, mais que toi aussi tu te conduis en observateur de la loi.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 21:24)

## Grammar

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