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1expend — UK US /ɪkˈspend/ verb [T] FORMAL ► to use or spend something, especially time, effort, or money: expend energy/effort/time »Why do firms expend effort investing abroad, rather than staying home and producing for export? »expend… …
2Expend — 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… …
3Expend — Ex*pend , v. i. 1. To be laid out, used, or consumed. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay out or disburse money. [1913 Webster] They go elsewhere to enjoy and to expend. Macaulay . [1913 Webster] …
4expend — I (consume) verb apply, avail oneself of, burn, deplete, devour, dissipate, employ, exert, exhaust, finish, lessen, reduce, spend, turn to account, use, use up, waste II (disburse) verb allocate, allot, apportion, assign, bear the cost of, bear… …
5expend — early 15c., from L. expendere pay out, weigh out money, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + pendere to pay, weigh (see PENDANT (Cf. pendant)). Related: Expended; expending …
6expend — [v] exhaust; spend ante up*, blow*, consume, disburse, dish out*, dispense, dissipate, distribute, employ, finish, foot the bill*, fork out*, give, go through*, lay out, outlay, pay, pay out, put out*, shell out*, splurge*, spring for*, throw… …
7expend — verb (T) expend time/money/resources etc to use or spend a lot of time etc in order to do something: Try not to expend more energy than necessary. | expend sth in/on (doing) sth: A great deal of time and money has been expended on creating a… …
8expend — ex|pend [ıkˈspend] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: expendere to weigh out, pay , from pendere to weigh ] to use or spend a lot of energy etc in order to do something expend energy/effort/time/resources etc ▪ People of different ages… …
9expend — [[t]ɪkspe̱nd[/t]] expends, expending, expended VERB To expend something, especially energy, time, or money, means to use it or spend it. [FORMAL] [V n] Children expend a lot of energy and may need more high energy food than adults …
10expend — UK [ɪkˈspend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms expend : present tense I/you/we/they expend he/she/it expends present participle expending past tense expended past participle expended formal to use time, energy, money etc doing something We ve… …