incur costs , also: incur expenses

The son incurred great expense in building himself a house on the land.

By mid 1952 the film had incurred expenses of £24,673.

They can't make a long distance phone call because that incurs expense.

This allows people to host large groups without incurring serious expense.

But he said the offer would not cover $30,000 in such incurred expenses as soil testing and legal fees.

"But there is no way to do that perfectly without incurring enormous expense."

This was done to show that houses could be built of different materials without incurring additional expense.

However, these changes would have incurred major additional expenses.

The company also incurred merger-related expenses of $11.7 million in the quarter.

And please don't forget that a family incurs countless other expenses in addition to the basic ones.