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ex⋅pend

  [ik-spend]
Use expend in a Sentence
–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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ex·pend   (ĭk-spěnd')   
tr.v.   ex·pend·ed, ex·pend·ing, ex·pends

  1. To lay out; spend: expending tax revenues on government operations. See Synonyms at spend.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

expend 
c.1413, from L. expendere "pay out," from ex- "out" + pendere "to pay, weigh" (see pendant). Expenditure is from 1769.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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