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Definition of Expend
1. Verb. Use up, consume fully. "They expend the money "; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
Exact synonyms: Use
Specialized synonyms: Abuse, Misuse, Pervert, Abuse, Spare, Occupy, Take, Use Up, Blow, Squander, Waste
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Derivative terms: Expenditure, Use
Also: Use Up
Specialized synonyms: Abuse, Misuse, Pervert, Abuse, Spare, Occupy, Take, Use Up, Blow, Squander, Waste
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Derivative terms: Expenditure, Use
Also: Use Up
2. Verb. Pay out. "They expend the money "; "Spend money"
Exact synonyms: Drop, Spend
Specialized synonyms: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out, Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste, Afford, Blow, Trifle Away, Wanton, Wanton Away, Underspend, Misspend, Nickel-and-dime, Penny-pinch, Commit, Invest, Place, Put, Economise, Economize, Save, Lay Out, Piddle, Piddle Away, Trifle, Wanton, Wanton Away, Misspend
Generic synonyms: Pay
Derivative terms: Expender, Expending, Expenditure, Expenditure, Expensive, Spender, Spending
Specialized synonyms: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out, Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste, Afford, Blow, Trifle Away, Wanton, Wanton Away, Underspend, Misspend, Nickel-and-dime, Penny-pinch, Commit, Invest, Place, Put, Economise, Economize, Save, Lay Out, Piddle, Piddle Away, Trifle, Wanton, Wanton Away, Misspend
Generic synonyms: Pay
Derivative terms: Expender, Expending, Expenditure, Expenditure, Expensive, Spender, Spending
Definition of Expend
1. v. t. To lay out, apply, or employ in any way; to consume by use; to use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations; to spend; as, they expend money for food or in charity; to expend time labor, and thought; to expend hay in feeding cattle, oil in a lamp, water in mechanical operations.
2. v. i. To be laid out, used, or consumed.
Definition of Expend
1. to use up [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expend
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