what is the definition of expense account?

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expense account Definition In English

0 an arrangement in which your employer will pay for the things you need to buy while doing your job:
- expense-account fraud
- I can put this lunch on my expense account.
1 an amount of money that employees can spend to travel or buy things related to their jobs and which their employers will pay for
2 an arrangement in which your employer pays for the things you need to buy while doing your job:
- expense-account fraud
- I can put this lunch on my expense account.

We might get about £15 million from the abolition of the concession on business vehicles, and about £20 million from the abolition of expense account lunches.
That is what these so-called expense account meals are all about.
Even the expense account users are beginning to contemplate luncheon vouchers.
That gets then on to the expense account.
I therefore sincerely hope that this talk about the expense account will be allowed to die.
In general, we do not represent those who enjoy expense account lunches and dinners at the expense of others, including that of the taxpayer.
That was the beginning of the expense account racket, which did not operate before the war.
We could then also begin to deal with the problem of the expense account on the basis of differentiating between company taxation and individual taxation.