経費

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 経費 is read as けいひ and means an expense or cost incurred in work or an organized activity.
• Basic usage: It can refer to business-trip expenses being settled or event costs being reduced.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Settling incurred expenses
  • 経費を精算する means accounting for the expenses incurred on the business trip. Example: 出張にかかった経費を月末に精算する。
• Keeping event costs down
  • 経費を抑える means reducing the cost of the event by changing the venue. Example: 会場を変更して催しの経費を抑えた。