expend

[ ik-spend ]

/ ɪkˈspɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to use up: She expended energy, time, and care on her work.

to pay out; disburse; spend.

Origin of expend

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin expendere to weigh out, lay out, pay

SYNONYMS FOR expend

1 consume, empty. See spend.

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OTHER WORDS FROM expend

ex·pend·er, noun o·ver·ex·pend, verb pre·ex·pend, verb (used with object) un·ex·pend·ed, adjective

well-ex·pend·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH expend

expand expend (see synonym study at expand)

Words nearby expend

expel, expellant, expellee, expeller, expellers, expend, expendable, expenditure, expense, expense account, expensive

Example sentences from the Web for expend

You may not win a medal, but it will help you expend some calories while you watch.

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The assumption is that obesity is fundamentally caused merely by consuming more calories than our bodies choose to expend.

The Only Logical Way to End the Obesity Epidemic |Gary Taubes |January 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The fatter we get, the more we need to eat, and the less energy we will expend.

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As Carter writes, “Within the limits of the energy [Letterman] was now willing to expend, he was still trying.”

Secrets of the Late Night War |Bryan Curtis |November 8, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

Upon confusion like this it is not considered necessary to expend further evidence.

Opuscula |Robert Gordon Latham
There was no school that day, and Steve took them up to West Farms to expend the rest of their hilarity.

A Little Girl in Old New York |Amanda Millie Douglas
I did not reply, and we both soon found it wise to expend no unnecessary breath in talking.

Daybreak: A Romance of an Old World |James Cowan
It would of course be possible to expend much time and many words in argument on this subject.

Creation and Its Records |B.H. Baden-Powell
A33 man not used to these habits may expend twice as much energy and produce half as much work as an efficient man.

A Rational Wages System |Henry Atkinson

British Dictionary definitions for expend

expend

/ (ɪkˈspɛnd) /

verb (tr)

to spend; disburse

to consume or use up

Derived forms of expend

expender, noun

Word Origin for expend

C15: from Latin expendere, from pendere to weigh

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expend

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Origin of expend

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Words nearby expend

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