expend
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expend
use up: expend energy; pay out; disburse; consume, empty
Not to be confused with:
expand – extend, swell, enlarge; spread out: It will expand its wings and fly away.
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ex·pend
(ĭk-spĕnd′)tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends
1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on education. See Synonyms at spend.
2. To use up; consume: "Every effort seemed to expend her spirit's force" (George Meredith).
[Middle English expenden, from Latin expendere, to pay out : ex-, ex- + pendere, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]
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expend
(ɪkˈspɛnd)vb (tr)
1. to spend; disburse
2. to consume or use up
[C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh]
exˈpender n
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ex•pend
(ɪkˈspɛnd)v.t.
1. to use up: expended energy and time.
2. to pay out; spend.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin expendere to weigh out, pay =ex- ex-1 + pendere to weigh]
ex•pend′er, n.
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expend
- Comes from ex-, "out," and pendere, "weigh; pay"; originally, it referred to spending money, with the root sense being "to weigh out money."See also related terms for weigh.
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expend
Past participle: expended
Gerund: expending
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| Verb | 1. | expend - use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" abuse, misuse, pervert - change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" abuse - use wrongly or improperly or excessively; "Her husband often abuses alcohol"; "while she was pregnant, she abused drugs" spare - use frugally or carefully |
| 2. | expend - pay out; "spend money" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" afford - be able to spare or give up; "I can't afford to spend two hours with this person" pay - give money, usually in exchange for goods or services; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" blow - spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" underspend - spend at less than the normal rate misspend - spend (money or other resources) unwisely nickel-and-dime, penny-pinch - spend money frugally; spend as little as possible economise, economize, save - spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now" lay out - spend or invest; "lay out thousands on gold"; "he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit" piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton away - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently misspend - spend time badly or unwisely; "He misspent his youth" |
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expend
verb (Formal)
1. use (up), employ, go through (informal), exhaust, consume, dissipate the number of calories you expend through exercise
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expend
verb1. To distribute (money) as payment:
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Translations
يُنْفِق، يَصْرِف
anvendebruge
eyîa, nota
brangiai atsieinantis daiktaseikvojimasišlaidosišlaidų reikalaujantis daiktaskieno nors sąskaita
izdotiztērēt
expend
[ɪksˈpend] VT [+ money] → gastar; [+ time, effort, energy] → dedicar (on a) [+ resources] → consumir, agotar; [+ ammunition] → usarCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
expend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
expend
[ɪksˈpɛnd] vt (frm) (money) → spendere; (time, effort, energy) → consacrare; (use up) → consumareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
expend
(ikˈspend) verb to use or spend (supplies etc).
exˈpenditure (-tʃə) noun the act of spending. the expenditure of money and resources; His expenditure(s) amounted to $500.
exˈpense (-s) noun1. the spending of money etc; cost. I've gone to a lot of expense to educate you well.
2. a cause of spending. What an expense clothes are!
exˈpenses (-siz) noun plural money spent in carrying out a job etc. His firm paid his travelling expenses.
exˈpensive (-siv) adjective costing a great deal. expensive clothes.
at the expense of1. being paid for by; at the cost of. He equipped the expedition at his own expense; At the expense of his health he finally completed the work.
2. making (a person) appear ridiculous. He told a joke at his wife's expense.
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