Expense account

[Sameer]

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", question 2

All the representatives are allowed to spend money for entertaining with their ......... account.

(a) expensive
(b) expending
(c) expense
(d) expenses

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", answer 2

All the representatives are allowed to spend money for entertaining with their expense account.

Correct answer: (c) expense

Your answer was: incorrect
All the representatives are allowed to spend money for entertaining with their expenses account.
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hi alan,
please explain me the rationale - why expenses and not expense?

[Alan]

The 's' is removed to change expenses (noun) into expense (adjective). Another example is : The holiday lasts six weeks/ It is a six-week holiday.
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