The phrase "a higher expense" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing costs that are greater than another option or previous costs.
Example: "The new software implementation will result in a higher expense compared to our current system."
Alternatives: "an increased cost" or "a greater expense".
Even with a higher expense ratio, a small fund still has fewer dollars to spend for luring a top money manager and buying the best research.
"They can probably uncover this type of information through market research," he added, but it would come "at a higher expense and with more time and effort".
Several pending lawsuits accuse variable annuity companies of inappropriately selling variable annuities to IRA and 401(k) investors, giving them a useless, double tax deferral feature at a higher expense than if mutual funds had been used.
The cost ends up in a higher expense ratio, something that the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission is looking into.
At the nether reaches of the credit- quality ladder a good manager can make a higher expense ratio worthwhile.
"We're seeking out smaller producers with better products, and with that comes a higher expense of preparing them in the kitchen.
The association has invested in a cable television network, TVG, which has a small audience but a high expense tag.
I don't think I'd like to see minimum wage increase that much because labor cost is such a high expense for so many coffee shops and restaurants that I think the long term effect will be more detrimental.
"I don't think I'd like to see minimum wage increase that much because labor cost is such a high expense for so many coffeeshops and restaurants that I think the long-term effect will be more detrimental," Becka Hare, a barista at Love coffee shop in Santa Monica, California, told Wang.
A high expense burden will, over a long period, take away a big chunk of assets.
Your 30-cent windfall could more than make up for a high expense ratio.
