at the expense of

Language: en

Meaning: (finance)Paid for by anindividualorgroup.; (by extension,idiomatic)At one'sresponsibility.; (figurative)In a way as toharmsomebody or something; to thedetrimentof.1926,Suniti Kumar Chatterji,The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language, page 3:Bengali, like other Aryan languages of India, has spread, and is still spreading,at the expense ofthe aboriginal tongues.; (figurative)Of a joke,deridingsomeone.

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