Translation

• expense
• cost
• to spend (time or money)
• expenditure

Synonyms

• 开支, 开销, 支出, 用, 用度, 用费, 用项, 花消, 花销, 费, 费用, 资费
• 消费, 花, 花消, 费

Examples

• 要精通英语将会花费你很长的时间。
  English will take you a long time to master.
• 因为仅一分钟就要差不多花费4镑。
  Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.
• 这件我想要的夹克花费三百美元。
  The jacket, which I wanted, costed three hundred dollars.