'avoid expenses' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to suggest an idea or offer advice on how to save money or reduce costs, for example: "If you want to save money in the long-term, try to avoid expenses as much as possible."
"We're trying to avoid expense reductions that would affect service," Mr. Mahoney said.
In March, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, a private group that sets accounting practices, proposed that companies, beginning in 2005, no longer be allowed to avoid expensing the cost of stock options.
What is more, the board is considering rules that in some cases would allow companies to avoid expensing good will, which would address the major concern over the elimination of pooling.
The company keeps prices low by ordering from manufacturers and selling directly to consumers, avoiding expenses like brand licensing fees and retail markups along the way.
State officials claimed well over a billion dollars a year in savings by avoiding expenses in advance, but the federal investigators said such claims could not be verified.
By avoiding expenses lower-level employees must pay, executives will only worsen the cynicism that ordinary Americans and professional investors have about them, the critics say.
To avoid mounting expenses, the Denver schools are looking to renegotiate the deal.
But, he added, there are ways to find deals and avoid undue expenses.
But he said companies should avoid unnecessary expenses and ensure that travel was purposeful.
To avoid increased expenses associated with labor reform, the mill managers essentially would flush their working population and pull in a new one.
The federal government and private insurers are rewarding health care providers that work together to coordinate care and avoid unnecessary expenses.
