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| 1. | to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work. |
| 2. | to pay out; disburse; spend. |
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L expendere to weigh out, lay out, pay
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ex·pend·er, noun
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tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends
[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
c.1413, from L. expendere "pay out," from ex- "out" + pendere "to pay, weigh" (see pendant). Expenditure is from 1769.
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| 1. | use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" [syn: use] |
| 2. | pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend] |
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expend [ikˈspend] verb
to use or spend (supplies etc)
See also: at the expense of, expenditure, expense, expenses, expensive
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Expend
Ex*pend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expended; p. pr. & vb. n. Expending.] [L. expendere, expensum, to weigh out, pay out, lay out, lay out; ex out + pendere to weigh. See Poise, and cf. Spend.] 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. If my death might make this island happy . . . I would expend it with all willingness. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Expend
Ex*pend"\, v. i. 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed. 2. To pay out or disburse money. They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. --Macaulay .| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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