Sentence examples for a legitimate expense from inspiring English sources

What's considered a legitimate expense on a business trip?

But such deals lead inevitably to rows about what counts as a legitimate expense on which a profit should be earned.

Here are two of our favorites: One woman claimed a mink coat as a legitimate expense because she said "she worked better when she looked her best".

Governor Spitzer of New York, who officially resigned today, has got more problems, because they're now saying he spent thousands of dollars on these prostitutes and tried to make it look like a legitimate expense.

I have argued previously that an employer should shoulder legitimate on-the-job expenses, as indeed he should, but a speeding ticket is not a legitimate expense; it's a penalty for lawbreaking, and one your supervisor should pay himself.

Second homes are a legitimate expense for M.P.s, who need to have a base in their constituencies as well as in London, but the system for claiming allowances had become lax, and was tacitly regarded as a legitimate way of boosting official pay.

"As far as we are concerned, these are all legitimate expenses incurred by the N.Y.P.D. while performing their duty protecting the mayor," Mr. Carbonetti said.

The meals and trips were all legitimate expenses, and the lawyers' fees seemed high because "we got sued 12 or 14 times," Mr. Trudden said.

So museum officials say the installation of new carpet, paint and lighting were all legitimate expenses to be paid from the proceeds under the guidelines of the American Association of Museums, which say that sales can be used for the "direct care" of a collection.

"This is a legitimate business expense".

For such customers, it was a legitimate business expense.