incidental expense
Minor ancillary charge
An incidental expense is a minor cost arising alongside a larger activity or purchase—tips, parking fees, or small supplies during a business trip.
Often shortened to incidentals: The hotel bill included $47 in incidentals.
These expenses are typically small individually but can accumulate, which is why budgets and reimbursement policies often account for them separately.
- gratuitiesPayments beyond the bill
- costsAmounts required to pay
- ancillaryProviding additional support
- tipsExtras for servers
- mini barHotel room drink cabinet
vending machine · coffee run · tolls · unbudgeted · per diem · meal allowance · charges · impulse purchases · dry cleaning · fees · baggage fees · postage stamps · taxi fares · out-of-pocket · petty cash · holiday decorations · miscellaneous · reimbursable
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