At about this time Phelps raised a militia company mostly at his own expense, and was appointed captain.

He raised a regiment for the King, at his own expense.

He raised an infantry regiment at his own expense during the Napoleonic Wars.

During the English Civil War he liberally contributed money to the royal cause, raised troops at his own expense, and served in the field.

Later he raised an infantry regiment and cavalry regiment for the king at his own expense.

The regiment had been raised at his father's expense and was known as Harcourt's Black Horse.

Price-fixing is odious when practiced by commercial businesses to raise profits at the consumer's expense.

He even went out of his way to raise a laugh at his own expense in order to keep things cheerful.

When Spain declared war on Revolutionary France in 1793, he raised an infantry regiment at his own expense.

They vote themselves more pay raises at the already over-burdened taxpayer's expense.