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unexpended

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


ex⋅pend⋅er, noun


1. consume, empty. See spend.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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