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ex·pend

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–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 ME < L expendere to weigh out, lay out, pay

]

—Related forms

ex·pend·er, noun

—Synonyms 1. consume, empty. See spend.

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tr.v. ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends

To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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expend
verb
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)

Arabic:	يُنْفِق، يَصْرِف
Chinese (Simplified):	使用（或支出）
Chinese (Traditional):	使用, 消費
Czech:	utratit; spotřebovat
Danish:	bruge; anvende
Dutch:	verbruiken
Estonian:	kulutama
Finnish:	käyttää
French:	dépenser
German:	ausgeben
Greek:	αναλώνω, ξοδεύω
Hungarian:	(fel)használ
Icelandic:	eyða, nota
Indonesian:	menggunakan
Italian:	consumare

Japanese:	費す
Korean:	(…에) 소비하다
Latvian:	iztērēt; izdot
Lithuanian:	išleisti, išeikvoti
Norwegian:	bruke (opp), anvende, forbruke
Polish:	zużywać
Portuguese (Brazil):	despender
Portuguese (Portugal):	dispender, *gastar
Romanian:	a cheltui
Russian:	расходовать
Slovak:	minúť
Slovenian:	porabiti
Spanish:	gastar, emplear
Swedish:	använda, förbruka, lägga ut
Turkish:	kullanmak

See also: at the expense of, expenditure, expense, expenses, expensive

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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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 .

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