"at the expense of" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} at the expense of, {{en-PP}} at the expense of
  1. (finance) Paid for by an individual or group. Categories (topical): Finance Translations (paid for by an individual or group): عَلَى حِسَابِ (ʕalā ḥisābi) (Arabic), عَلَى نَفَقَةِ (ʕalā nafaqati) (Arabic), hesabına (Azerbaijani), a conta de (Galician), kosztem (Polish), por conta de (Portuguese), a expensas de (Spanish), a costa de (Spanish), på bekostnad av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-at_the_expense_of-en-prep_phrase-akvbGWvS Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of 'paid for by an individual or group': 98 0 1 1
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) At one's responsibility. Tags: broadly, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-at_the_expense_of-en-prep_phrase-GWmxte3r
  3. (figurative) In a way as to harm somebody or something; to the detriment of. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: at one's expense Translations (in a way as to harm somebody or something): عَلَى حِسَابِ (ʕalā ḥisābi) (Arabic), hesabına (Azerbaijani), bahasına (Azerbaijani), au détriment de (French), a conta de (Galician), tō dare [with-genitive] (Old English), kosztem (Polish), à custa de (Portuguese), às custas de (Portuguese), a costa de (Spanish), a costo de (Spanish), a cuenta de (Spanish), a expensas de (Spanish), till priset av (Swedish), på bekostnad av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-at_the_expense_of-en-prep_phrase-RKyOOslg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal prepositions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 1 90 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 2 86 3 Disambiguation of English phrasal prepositions: 9 5 80 6 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 2 83 4 Disambiguation of 'in a way as to harm somebody or something': 1 0 99 0
  4. (figurative) Of a joke, deriding someone. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-at_the_expense_of-en-prep_phrase-bYkN5zHi

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