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expend

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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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composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment
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Example Sentences
  • Heavy people expend more energy when they fidget than do svelte people, because moving all that fat burns up a lot of calories.
  • Religion departments expend a great deal of effort in an attempt to justify their existence.
  • And then, apparently, they will have liberated more capital to expend on more reckless loans to ailing companies.
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World English Dictionary
expend (ɪkˈspɛnd)
 
vb
1.  to spend; disburse
2.  to consume or use up
 
[C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh]
 
ex'pender
 
n

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Word Origin & History

expend
early 15c., from L. expendere "pay out," from ex- "out" + pendere "to pay, weigh" (see pendant). Related: Expended; expending.
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