Sentence:  `` Litigants and witnesses were put to the <WSD>expense</WSD> and inconvenience of going long distances to transact business ; public money spent ; justice delayed ; nothing accomplished , and the whole distribution of justice in this county seems to be an absolute farce '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)