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Meaning of 'expend' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expend [ v. i.]
- To be laid out, used, or consumed.
- To pay out or disburse money.
2 . Expend [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'expend' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expend [ v]
Meaning (1):
- pay out
Example in sentence:
  • spend money
Meaning (2):
- use up, consume fully
Example in sentence:
  • The legislature expended its time on school questions

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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