ex-pend

[ik-spend]

ex·pend

[ik-spend]
verb (used with object)
1.
to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work.
2.
to pay out; disburse; spend.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin expendere to weigh out, lay out, pay

ex·pend·er, noun
o·ver·ex·pend, verb
pre·ex·pend, verb (used with object)
un·ex·pend·ed, adjective
well-ex·pend·ed, adjective

expand, expend (see synonym note at expand).


1. consume, empty. See spend.

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