See Also: attempt(1)(dictionary)
Attempt(medicine)
attempt 1, noun(dictionary)
attempt 2, verb(dictionary)
Attempt - Weight Lifting(gambling)
Attempt Board - Weight Lifting(gambling)
Tight money or dear money(finance)
DIRECT(law)
direct(1)(dictionary)
direct(2)(dictionary)

Direct Expense (money) and attempt(1) (iou)


Direct Expense (money)


Definition: Direct cost attributable to a particular expenditure.







attempt(1) (iou)



attempt noun. M16.
[from the verb.]
An act of making an effort to accomplish something uncertain or difficult; a trial, an endeavour (esp. when unsuccessful or incomplete). M16.
make an attempt try.
Shakespeare Macbeth They have awak'd, And 'tis not done. Th' attempt, and not the deed, Confounds us. J. M. Barrie [He] flung away his life in a gallant attempt to save a servant who had fallen overboard. J. Marquand I tried to smile, but I made a rather poor attempt at it. L. Durrell All attempts to meet her have failed so far.
An attack, an assault; an effort to conquer or to kill (now usu. with specification, as an attempt on the summit of, an attempt on the life of). L16.
S. Rohmer I know that Fu-Manchu will make an attempt upon him. J. Masters Your adjutant has just told me about the attempt on the Karode bridge. Encyclopedia Britannica Seven successive attempts on the Northeast Ridge..failed.
b. An endeavour to seduce; a temptation. E-M17.
Bible (AV): Ecclesiasticus 9:4 Vse not much the companie of a woman that is a singer, least thou be taken with her attempts.
Something attempted, an aim. E17-L18.
W. Paley His design and attempt was to sail..immediately from Greece.
Something produced in an endeavour or effort. L19.
P. V. White The trellis, its attempt at grapes mildewed by the humidity.
attemptless adjective (rare) L16.